gore

n. [ OE. gore, gare, AS. g&unr_;ra angular point of land, fr. g&unr_;r spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and Gore, v. ] 1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gored p. pr. & vb. n. Goring. ] [ OE. gar spear, AS. g&unr_;r. See 2d Gore. ] To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. [ 1913 Webster ]

The low stumps shall gore
His daintly feet. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]