gully
See also: Gully
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- gulley (Etymology 1)
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”).
NounEdit
gully (plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- (Britain) 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
- (Britain) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
SynonymsEdit
- gill (“cleft, ravine”)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside
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VerbEdit
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 2Edit
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
NounEdit
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:
ReferencesEdit
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Origin unknown.
NounEdit
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)