gap-toothed

[ gap-tootht, -tooth d ]

/ ˈgæpˌtuθt, -ˌtuðd /

having a noticeable space between two teeth.

Also gat-toothed.

Origin of gap-toothed

First recorded in 1560–70

gap 1, gap 2, gap junction, gap phenomenon, gap year, gap-toothed, gape, gaper, gapes, gapeseed, gapeworm

The deceased potter was nick-named the "gap-toothed," because he had lost his front teeth in a brawl.

Dr. Dumany's Wife |Mr Jkai
The rumbustious ogre has a hitherto undescribed, but quite imaginable, gap-toothed, beetle-browed ogress of a wife.

Jaffery |William J. Locke
For a time it seemed as if nothing would break it, but gap-toothed Beaumanoir was a general as well as a warrior.

Sir Nigel |Arthur Conan Doyle
Gap′py, full of gaps; Gap-toothed, lacking some of the teeth.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

Did you ever hear of an ogre sighing himself to a shadow for love of a gap-toothed ogress?

Jaffery |William J. Locke

gap-toothed

having wide spaces between the teeth