, or goring-cloth.
That part of the skirts of a sail cut on the bias, where it gradually widens from the upper part down to the clues. (See sail.)
·noun ·Alt. of Goring cloth. II. Goring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Gore>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. ...
West out of Houndsditch, leading to Bevis Marks. In Portsoken Ward, and the southern end in Aldgate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
See goring ...
The Sailor's Word-Book