gulch

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
2. (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
3. (obsolete) A glutton.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
2. (obsolete) To fall heavily.

Concepts

ravin

trou

🕳️

bled

patelin

ravine

vallée fluviale

Synonymes

ravine

gully

canyon

ditch

gorge

chasm

flume

isthmus

kloof

notch

pass

trench

valley

kuru

mountain pass

coombe

cleugh

band

cleuch

col

coulee

cove

defile

draw

gulley

Traductions

gola

Schlucht

burrone

quebrada

barranco

Bergschlucht

kloof

βάραθρο

Klamm

barranc

ραματιά

anfratto

calanca

φάραγξ

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gulchen

In summary

From earlier gulsh (“sink in, gush out”), from Middle English gulchen (“to gulp, spew”), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully (“ravine formed by water”) despite the similarities.