Gash \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)