subs. (venery).—The female pudendum: also SPORTSMAN’S GAP and WATER-GAP (q.v.). For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE.
d. 1746. ROBERTSON OF STRUAN, Poems, p. 84.
| O gracious Hymen! | |
| Cure this dire Mishap, | |
| Sew up this mighty | |
| Rent, or fill the GAP. |
TO BLOW THE GAP, verb. phr. (old).—The same as TO BLOW THE GAFF (q.v.).
1821. P. EGAN, Real Life in London, i., 557. He should like to smack the bit, without BLOWING THE GAP.
