gap of danger

Noun

 * 1)  a breach, place which is hard to defend; a danger, requiring bravery
 * 2) * 1757, George Washington, letter to John Robinson, 17 October 1757 Letters, volume 2 (1834) page 267:
 * The inhabitants see, and are convinced of this, which makes each family afraid of standing in the gap of danger; and by retreating, one behind another, they depopulate the country, and leave it to the enemy
 * 1) * 2002 Seamus Heaney, translation of Beowulf, line 1375:
 * The gap of danger where the demon waits is still unknown to you.

Translations

 * German: Schlucht der Gefahr
 * Irish: bearna bhaoil