Cumberland Gap

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noun

a pass in the Cumberland Mountains at the junction of the Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee boundaries. 1,315 feet (401 meters) high.

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How to use Cumberland Gap in a sentence

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Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.
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Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.
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A pang, a bitterness that lasted for a day or for a year—and the gap would be filled again by some one else.
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Bran or horse-dung inside was a good thing as a stop-gap, though it added not to the strength of the boiler.
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The next day, we rounded the north extremity of the Cumberland Islands.
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About Christmas they again ravaged Northumberland, and let off Cumberland till midsummer day next year for the sum of 600 marks.
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Cultural definitions for Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap

Pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that was used by early settlers to move west.