1. a triangular piece of material used in making garments, sails, or umbrellas
Usage: sewing and tailoring

1. piercing or wounding with a horn or tusk
Usage: present participle of ‘gore’

Examples

• The bull was goring the matador with its sharp horns.
• The elephant was goring the tree trunk with its tusks.
• She added a goring to the skirt to make it fuller.
• The sailmaker inserted several gorings to shape the sail properly.
• The seamstress cut triangular gorings from the fabric.
• The wild boar was goring anything that came near its territory.