Definition of "gash"

The victim of the attack, Russell Mills, suffered a head gash, a broken knee cap and a broken wrist.

1983 April 23, Sue Hyde, “Castro Bashers Jailed”, in Gay Community News, page 2

Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.

2006, New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”

“Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”

1962 , William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 150

"Will you bastards quit singing the blues? You're young, and there's plenty of gash in the world, and the supply of moon goes on forever," Simonsky said.

1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 19, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan