gully
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
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Synoniemen
Little Creek
mountain stream
collecting gutter
gully drain
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɡʌli/
Etymologie (Engels)
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. Alternatively, from a diminutive of dialectal gull (“fissue, chasm”) + -y (diminutive suffix). See gull, gullick.
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