gappedadj.

/ɡapt/

Forms: Also 1600s gapt.

Etymology: < gap n.¹ or gap v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Having the edge notched or serrated.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective]

battledc1386

embattledc1386

indentedc1440

incoled1543

gapped1562

crenated1688

vandyked1832

indentured1885

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 110 Cinkfoly..hath leues lyke minte..diuided or gapped lyke a saw.

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 5 His broken Launce, gapt Faulchion, batter'd Shield.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 294 If the Work-mans Tools be blunt or gapt, no work can be well done, till a new edge be set on them.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxvii. 121 If Mrs. Wadman, had given him a cut with a gap'd knife across his finger.

18.. J. R. Lowell Kossuth in Poet. Wks. (1879) 101 When gapped and dulled her cheaper tools, Then she a saint or prophet sends.

figurative.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvii. 111 I will never meet at hard-edge with her—if I did..I should be confoundedly gapped.

2. Broken through at intervals; full of holes or breaches.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of gaps or breaches

gapped1854

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 238 Its bulging walls and gapped roof, that showed the bare ribs through the breaches.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. viii. 121 Closing its gapped ranks.

18.. Ld. Tennyson Def. Lucknow 42 Take aim at their leaders—their masses are gapp'd with our grape.

3. Music. Designating a scale or mode with less than seven notes, esp. the pentatonic scale.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales

chromatic1603

octachordala1661

octachord1761

hendecachordal1842

tritonous1847

pentatonic1864

pentaphonic1881

melodic1889

heptatonic1890

gapped1910

twelve-tone1926

twelve-note1928

hexatonic1930

octatonic1963

1910 D. Macdonald Irish Music 3 The Ancient Irish used the gapped scale in many of their airs.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 139/1 The gaps in the gapped modes are what gives such modal tunes their decisive character.

1962 Listener 5 July 37/2 The suggestion of gapped scales.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gapped
释义	gappedadj. /ɡapt/ Forms: Also 1600s gapt. Etymology: < gap n.¹ or gap v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Having the edge notched or serrated. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] battledc1386 embattledc1386 indentedc1440 incoled1543 gapped1562 crenated1688 vandyked1832 indentured1885 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 110 Cinkfoly..hath leues lyke minte..diuided or gapped lyke a saw. 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 5 His broken Launce, gapt Faulchion, batter'd Shield. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 294 If the Work-mans Tools be blunt or gapt, no work can be well done, till a new edge be set on them. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxvii. 121 If Mrs. Wadman, had given him a cut with a gap'd knife across his finger. 18.. J. R. Lowell Kossuth in Poet. Wks. (1879) 101 When gapped and dulled her cheaper tools, Then she a saint or prophet sends. figurative.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvii. 111 I will never meet at hard-edge with her—if I did..I should be confoundedly gapped. 2. Broken through at intervals; full of holes or breaches. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of gaps or breaches gapped1854 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 238 Its bulging walls and gapped roof, that showed the bare ribs through the breaches. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. viii. 121 Closing its gapped ranks. 18.. Ld. Tennyson Def. Lucknow 42 Take aim at their leaders—their masses are gapp'd with our grape. 3. Music. Designating a scale or mode with less than seven notes, esp. the pentatonic scale. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales chromatic1603 octachordala1661 octachord1761 hendecachordal1842 tritonous1847 pentatonic1864 pentaphonic1881 melodic1889 heptatonic1890 gapped1910 twelve-tone1926 twelve-note1928 hexatonic1930 octatonic1963 1910 D. Macdonald Irish Music 3 The Ancient Irish used the gapped scale in many of their airs. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 139/1 The gaps in the gapped modes are what gives such modal tunes their decisive character. 1962 Listener 5 July 37/2 The suggestion of gapped scales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1562
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