goring

noun, adj — 3 senses

noun

The 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:

Business, Manufacturing, Textiles A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

adj

Nautical, Transport Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

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