gore
1. gore \'go-(*)r, 'go.(*)r\ n [ME, filth, fr. OE gor; akin to OE wearm warm] : BLOOD; esp : clotted blood 2. gore n [ME, fr. OE ga-ra; akin to OE ga-r spear, Gk chaios she]pherd's staff 1: a small usu. triangular piece of land 2: a tapering or triangular piece (as of cloth in a skirt) 3. gore vt 1: to cut into a tapering triangular form 2: to provide with a gore 4. gore vt : to pierce or wound with a horn or tusk