Gāra

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gāra

Add: (1) a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.] :-- Of dām .iii. æceran to dām gāran; of dām gāran tō dām ōdran gāran, C. D. iii. 423, 31. Tō dām ealdan gāran, 37, 28. On done scearpan gāran weste-werdne, 279, 22. On done ealdan gāran; of dām gāran ā be heúfdan, 438, 29. Ymbūtan ǣnne gāran, 456, 21. On snelles gāron, 97, 32. On done smalan gāre, 10, 28. (2) a gore of material, flap, lappet. Cf. Prompt. Parv. goore of a clothe lacinia :-- Sadol sella, felt menlo, gāran ulcea, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 72. [N. E. D. gore. O. Frs. gāre a lappet: O. H. Ger. gēro : Ger. gehren: Icel. geiri a triangular strip; land-geiri a gore of land.] v. flīt-, fyrs-gāra ; and cf. gār-æcer. gara