gully
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Definition of gully
10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
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noun
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- (UK)A drop kerb.
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A road drain.
“A new drainage run and rainwater gullies are to be installed between the station and Oxford Road, with completion planned for December 1.”
- A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- (UK)A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
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(Northern, Scotland, UK)A large knife.
“With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another[…]”
verb
- (obsolete)To flow noisily.
- (transitive)To wear away into a gully or gullies.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine"…
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Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine" may have been influenced by Middle English gylle, gille, galle (“deep narrow valley, ravine”); see gill. Compare Dutch geul. Alternatively, from a diminutive of dialectal gull (“fissue, chasm”) + -y (diminutive suffix). See gull, gullick.
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