- gap-toothed (adj.)
[gap-toothed 词源字典]
- "having teeth set wide apart," 1570s, from gap (n.) + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth (n.). Chaucer's gat-toothed, sometimes altered to this, is from Middle English gat (n.) "opening, passage," from Old Norse gat, cognate with gate (n.).[gap-toothed etymology, gap-toothed origin, 英语词源]