GASH

gash. Gash, n. a deep and long cut; v.t. to hack, to cut

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Gash (găsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed (găsht); 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.