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gapsite en · NOUN

Etymology

From gap + site.

Meanings

1. The location where a building has been torn down or demolished.
   • On a gapsite between two crumbling tenements a bonfire was blazing and lethal-looking kids galloped around it. 2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, page 197:
   • There were gapsites and half-demolished tenements but it was clear, after fifteen minutes of wandering around and climbing tenement stairs and craning out of landing windows, that the door-to-door team had successfully canvassed all of the buildings with a view of the warehouse. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 382:
   • Some students were spray-painting a gapsite wall with Basquiat-inspired graffiti while others were tearing across the concrete on skateboards. 2022, Louise Welsh, The Second Cut:

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