Possibly the last section of gas pipe (4)

I believe the answer is:
gasp
'pipe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'possibly the last section of gas' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'section' could be 's' (legal abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gap' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gasp that I've seen before include "Show amazement" , "Struggle for breath with open mouth" , "Inhale sharply with astonishment" , "Have trouble breathing" , "Pant" .)
