gully

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
2. A small valley.
3. (UK) A drop kerb.
4. A road drain.
5. A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
6. (UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To flow noisily.
2. (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Concepts

ravin

ravine

précipice

puits

gorge

bouche d’égout

goulotte

petit ravin

caniveau

Synonymes

ravine

ditch

gorge

valley

gutter

canyon

gulch

drain

precipice

pool

gap

trench

gullet

crevice

chasm

moat

pit

watercourse

Little Creek

mountain stream

donga

crack

kettle hole

collecting gutter

mid on

mid off

brook

gully drain

cleft

cliff

comb

coulee

couloir

creek

crevasse

dingle

drainpipe

gulley

hollow

involve

opening

stream

sump

vale

Traductions

barranco

burrone

hondonada

Schlucht

zanja

bergkloof

quebrada

gola

barranca

Schlammfang

Abzugskanal

Senkloch

Rinne

solco

canalone

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡʌli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: golet

In summary

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.