noun
( BrE ) a year that a young person spends working and/or travelling, often between leaving school and starting university :
I'm planning to take a gap year and go backpacking in India.
noun
( BrE ) a year that a young person spends working and/or travelling, often between leaving school and starting university :
I'm planning to take a gap year and go backpacking in India.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005