gore

¹gore

noun \ˈgȯr\

Definition of GORE

1

: a small usually triangular piece of land

2

a : a tapering or triangular piece (as of cloth in a skirt)

b : an elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe

Origin of GORE

Middle English, from Old English gāra; akin to Old English gār spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd's staff

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with GORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

²gore

transitive verb

goredgor·ing

Definition of GORE

1

: to cut into a tapering triangular form

2

: to provide with a gore

First Known Use of GORE

1548

Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator

³gore

transitive verb

goredgor·ing

Definition of GORE

: to pierce or wound with something pointed (as a horn or knife) <gored by a bull>

Origin of GORE

Middle English, probably from gore spear, sword, from Old English gār spear

First Known Use: 15th century

⁴gore

noun

Definition of GORE

1

: blood; especially : clotted blood

2

: gruesomeness depicted in vivid detail

Origin of GORE

Middle English, filth, from Old English gor

First Known Use: 1563

Gore

biographical name \ˈgȯr\

Definition of GORE

Albert, Jr. 1948–     Am. polit. & environmentalist; vice pres. of the United States (1993–2001)

Rhymes with GORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your