Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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GAP, n. Sc. usage in comb. gap-stick, a stick suspended across a stream to prevent cattle from getting into forbidden land (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 87).