goring

name 3noun 2adj 1

Definitions

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

Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

name

1

A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).

2

A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)

3

A habitational surname from Old English.

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