gully

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a narrow channel or small ravine cut into the ground by running water

   Rainwater had carved a deep gully down the hillside.

2. 2
   noun

   a channel or opening that carries surface water into a drain

   Leaves had blocked the street gully after the storm.

Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Middle English golet, meaning throat or narrow passage, from Old French goulet. The landform sense compares a water-cut channel to a throat-like opening.

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