goring

goring

1. present participle and gerund of gore

goring (plural gorings)

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
   • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie, page 15:

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

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

goring (not comparable)

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

• gringo, orging