Synonyms for gulch
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : guhlch |
| Phonetic Transcription : gʌltʃ |
Définition of gulch
Origin :- "deep ravine," 1832, American English, perhaps from obsolete or dialectal verb gulsh "sink in" (of land), "gush out" (of water), from Middle English gulchen "to gush forth; to drink greedily" (c.1200). Cf. gulche-cuppe "a greedy drinker" (mid-13c.).
- noun small ravine
- In a moment afterwards they re-entered the house in Gospeler's Gulch.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
- We were certainly in need of a regenerator at Jackman's Gulch about the beginning of '53.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- So we moved down the gulch a quarter of a mile and went into camp.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- Even now whenever I think of what Hell must be I think of what that gulch looked like.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- Sometimes we had a meeting of the residents of our own gulch.
- Extract from : « A Gold Hunter's Experience » by Chalkley J. Hambleton
- The partners stood, as if paralyzed, on the edge of the gulch, and looked down.
- Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
- From where they stood to the head of the gulch was fully four thousand feet.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- He was cringing back, white-faced, from the edge of the gulch.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- Well, did you take him back to the ranch for a necktie party, or did you bury him in the gulch?
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- At the head of the gulch the man on the sorrel had turned to the left.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
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