gore
gore1 / gôr/ • n. blood that has been shed, esp. as a result of violence: the film omitted the blood and gore in order to avoid controversy.gore2 • v. [tr.] (of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.gore3 • n. a triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella. ∎ a small, triangular piece of land, esp. one lying in the fork of a road.• v. [tr.] make with a gore-shaped piece of material: [as adj.] (gored) a gored skirt.
Gore
Gore The basal series in the New Zealand Triassic. It is overlain by the Balfour, and comprises the Malakovian, Etalian, and Kaihikuan Stages.
gore
gore2 triangular piece of land OE.; skirt front, petticoat XIII; triangular piece, spec. of cloth XIV. OE. gāra = MDu. ghere (Du. geer), OHG. gēro (G. gehre), ON. geiri, rel. to gār spear (a spearhead being triangular).
gore
gore1 †dung, filth OE.; blood shed (and clotted) XVI. OE. gor = (M)Du. goor, OHG. gor mud, filth, ON. gor cud, slimy matter, rel. to OIr. gor, W. gôr matter, pus.
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