A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513, 1567-1568
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Gap, n. Also: gape. [ME. gappe (c 1380), gap, ON. gap.] A gap or opening in the ground or a wall; a chasm. Also fig. —c1420 Wynt. iv. 1221.
Fra he downe fell in that gape All that ryfft togyddyre crape 1513 Doug. viii. iv. 134.
Quhen the erd ourthraw By … erdquake with a clap, Ryvys vp a terribill sewch or grisly gap a1568 Scott iv. 75.
Sum can nocht keip hir gap [: clap] Fra lansing, as sche lyis
