gores
verb
Meaning
- (of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
- To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- A projecting point.
- To cut in a triangular form.
- To provide with a gore.
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