A triangular piece of fabric used in sewing or tailoring to make garments fit better or add fullness.
From Old English 'gāra' meaning a triangular piece of land or fabric. The word is related to 'gore' and shares ancient Germanic roots referring to pointed or wedge-shaped forms.
Medieval tailors used gores to revolutionize how clothes fit—they realized adding these triangular pieces to skirts and sleeves made them hang better and move more naturally than just cutting simple rectangles!
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