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		lfowles on May 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's in those mysterious cabinets? I skimmed the comments here before reading the article and was curious what a "gore" looked like. After a seconds pause, I decided I should get on with reading the article instead of searching for "highway gore" :)

erroneousfunk on May 2, 2018 [–]

Fun fact, the the triangular piece in a clothing pattern used to add shape/dimensionality is also called a gore.

defen on May 2, 2018 | [–]

I believe it all derives from heraldry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(heraldry)

From Old English gār (spear): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gar#Old_English

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