Stop″–gap′ (?), n. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Stop″–gap′ (?), n. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.