Etymology

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Today it means: The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting Full definition →

Old English Garingas
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  1. Old English · derived fromGaringas“people of Gara”
  2. English todayGoring

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

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