gap

GAP, noun [See Gape and Gab.] 1. An opening in any thing made by breaking or parting; as a gap in a fence or wall. 2. A breach. Manifold miseries ensued by the opening of that gap to all that side of christendom. 3. Any avenue or passage; way of entrance or departure. 4. A breach; a defect; a flaw; as a gap in honor or reputation. 5. An interstice; a vacuity. A third can fill the gap with laughing. 6. A hiatus; a chasm; as a gap between words. To stop a gap to secure a weak point; to repair a defect. To stand in the gap to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger. Ezekiel 22:30.