gully
See also: Gully
English
Alternative forms
- gulley (Etymology 1)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”).
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- (UK) A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- (cricket) 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.
Synonyms
- gill (“cleft, ravine”)
Related terms
Translations
a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside
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A small valley
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A road drain
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Verb
gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
- (obsolete) To flow noisily.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Etymology 2
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
- With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
References
Scots
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- large knife
- God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap, / And owt of his scheith his gully owtgatt. (The Bannatyne Manuscript)
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