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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gash \Gash\ (g[a^]sh), verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gashed
adjective: wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass" [syn: {cut}, {slashed}]
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