noun
- triangular pieces of fabric used in making garments or sails
- triangular sections of land
verb
- pierces or wounds with a horn, tusk, or pointed object
Examples
- The seamstress cut six gores to create the flowing skirt.
- The dress pattern required four gores for the proper fit.
- The bull gores the matador’s cape with its sharp horns.
- The angry rhinoceros gores anything that comes too close.
- She carefully sewed the gores into the umbrella fabric.
- The elephant gores the tree trunk with its tusks.
- Traditional skirts often use gores to achieve their shape.