water gap

noun

1. a transverse gap in a mountain ridge, cut by and giving passage to a stream or river.

water gap

noun

1. a deep valley in a ridge, containing a stream

water gap

1. A transverse cleft in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water gap¹

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

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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