Definition of Goring

1. Noun. German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946).


Definition of Goring

1. n. A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Definition of Goring

1. Verb. (present participle of gore) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goring

1. gore [v] - See also: gore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goring

gorhens
gori
gorier
goriest
gorilka
gorilla
gorilla gorilla
gorilla in the room
gorillagram
gorillagrams
gorillas
gorillian
gorily
goriness
gorinesses
goring (current term)
gorings
goris
gorli oil
gorm
gorma
gormand
gormander
gormanders
gormandise
gormandised
gormandises
gormandising
gormandism
gormandize

Literary usage of Goring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"goring early became famous as the most brilliant and prodigal ef the younger ... In 1633 Garran! wrote to Wentworth, ' Young Mr. goring is gone to travel, ..."

2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... he judged moft meet: yet, I fay, he got fo much credit, that the King, by his letter of the tenth of May to the Prince, directed, " that General goring ..."

3. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1904)
"goring /^ made up his mind that, as he was not to be lieutenant-general of the King's army, he would gain the favour of the King's A ril t adversaries. ..."

4. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1890)
"In order to test the statements as to the origin of the goring family, ... In the Subsidy Roll for 1 Edw. III. no goring is mentioned under Lancing ..."

5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"goring. He said it was my lord of Pembroke that had done him the injury in throning ... goring. About half au hour. goring. I think his sides and shoulders. ..."

6. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1919)
"goring could have smiled. No wonder Roger had had a nerve. ... Even at this distance goring could feel the sluggish current setting towards the pumps, ..."

7. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"To Pepys we are indebted for the information that a s'ster of Milton's Hartlib (everybody's Hartlib) was married at goring House:—" 10th July, 1660. ..."

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