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\Gash\ (g[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gashed} (g[a^]sht);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Gashing}.] [For older garth or garse, OF.
garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed
LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate
into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. {Carpet}.]
To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly
to incisions in flesh.
Grievously gashed or gored to death. --Hayward.
\Gash\, n.
A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and
depth, particularly in flesh.
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