gore of a skirt
1gore — gore1 [gôr] n. [ME gore, filth < OE gor, dung, filth, akin to ON gor, Welsh gor, MDu gore < IE base * gwher , hot > WARM, L fornax, furnace] blood shed from a wound, esp. when clotted gore2 [gôr] vt. gored, goring [ME goren < gore, a… …
2gore — English has three separate words gore, two of them perhaps ultimately related. Gore ‘blood’ [OE] originally meant ‘dung, shit’, or more generally ‘filth, dirt, slime’, and related words in other languages, such as Dutch goor ‘mud, filth’, Old… …
3gore — {{11}}gore (n.1) O.E. gor dirt, dung, filth, shit, a Germanic word (Cf. M.Du. goor filth, mud; O.N. gor cud; O.H.G. gor animal dung ), of uncertain origin. Sense of clotted blood (especially shed in battle) developed by 1560s. {{12}}gore (n.2)… …
4gore — English has three separate words gore, two of them perhaps ultimately related. Gore ‘blood’ [OE] originally meant ‘dung, shit’, or more generally ‘filth, dirt, slime’, and related words in other languages, such as Dutch goor ‘mud, filth’, Old… …
5gore — I [[t]gɔr, goʊr[/t]] n. blood, esp. when clotted • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE gor dung, dirt, c. MD goor, OHG, ON gor II gore [[t]gɔr, goʊr[/t]] v. t. gored, gor•ing to pierce with or as if with a horn or tusk • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME; see… …
6gore — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gāra; akin to Old English gār spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd s staff Date: before 12th century 1. a small usually triangular piece of land 2. a. a tapering or triangular piece (as… …
7gore — gore1 /gawr, gohr/, n. 1. blood that is shed, esp. when clotted. 2. murder, bloodshed, violence, etc.: That horror movie had too much gore. [bef. 900; ME; OE gor dung, dirt; c. D goor, OHG gor filth] gore2 /gawr, gohr/, v.t., gored …
8Gore (segment) — Four flat gores of cloth and a three dimensional skirt constructed from such gores. A gore is a segment of a three dimensional shape fabricated from a two dimensional material.[1] The term was originally used to describe triangular shapes, but is …
9gore — I. /gɔ / (say gaw) noun blood that is shed, especially when clotted. {Middle English; Old English gor dung, dirt} II. /gɔ / (say gaw) verb (t) (gored, goring) (of an animal) to pierce with the horns or tusks. {Middle English goren. Compare gore3} …
10gore — 1 verb (T) if an animal gores someone, it wounds them with its horns or tusks 2 noun 1 (U) literary blood that has flowed from a wound and become thicker and darker 2 (C) a piece of material that gets wider towards the bottom, used in making a… …
