YORE Meaning of YORE in English yore /jɔː $ jɔːr/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gearu 'long ago' , from gear ; ⇨ ↑ year ] of yore literary existing a long time ago:in days of yore Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012