goring

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gore

plural gorings

1. countableuncountableThe act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting

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

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

2. countableuncountablebusinessA piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

1. not comparablenauticalCut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

plural Gorings

1. countableuncountableA village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).

   Synonyms: Goring-on-Thames

2. countableuncountableA ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.