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   Gore

   /ɡôr/

   

   noun

   • 1. a triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella.

   verb

   • 1. make with a gore-shaped piece of material: "for a larger figure it would be necessary to slightly gore the skirt"

   Word Origin Old Englishgāra ‘triangular piece of land’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geer and German Gehre, also probably to Old English gār ‘spear’ (a spearhead being triangular).

   Scrabble Points: 5

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