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water gap
noun
- a transverse gap in a mountain ridge, cut by and giving passage to a stream or river.
water gap
noun
- a deep valley in a ridge, containing a stream
water gap
- A transverse cleft in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water gap1
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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Example Sentences
The river flowed through a river-gate, a water-gap in the mountains.
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The old man won't let me go to the Water Gap till I can answer those damn questions.
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There is a similar aperture, some miles north-east, called the Water Gap.
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Travel east along Pine Mountain or travel west, and you find no other water gap within a hundred miles.
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Nothing in Alleghany lands compares with this tremendous water-gap.
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