gore
/ɡoɹ/ noun C2- 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, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- A projecting point.
- A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
Plural gores
From the library
If ye find that the Bullock can toss you, or the heavy-browed Sambhur can gore; Ye need not stop work to inform us: we knew it ten seasons before.
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