goring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of gore

noun

1. The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting

   “The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.”

2. A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
2. (countable, uncountable)A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
3. (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.