wind gap

[ wind ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a cut that indents only the upper part of a mountain ridge, usually a former water gap.

wind gap

/ wɪnd /

wind gap

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

For the return to Wastdale Wind Gap is very rough and hardly to be recommended.

This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them.

For many years this Wind Gap provided the only route to reach the country north of the Kittatinny.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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