Synonyms for gulley
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : guhl-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌl i |
Définition of gulley
Origin :- "channel made by running water," 1650s, possibly a variant of Middle English golet "water channel" (see gullet). Gully-washer, American English colloquial for "heavy rainstorm," attested by 1887.
- As in gulch : noun small ravine
- The aliens edged their way to a gulley along the side of the road.
- Extract from : « Jubilation, U.S.A. » by G. L. Vandenburg
- I looked through the passage and saw that the gulley was black with baboons.
- Extract from : « Allan's Wife » by H. Rider Haggard
- She went on till she came to a dip, or gulley, when a break in the cliff occurred.
- Extract from : « The Ferryman of Brill » by William H. G. Kingston
- Soon some thirty of them had met with this fate, and the gulley was full to overflowing.
- Extract from : « In the grip of the Mullah » by F. S. Brereton
- Page 19: "gulley" changed to "gully" (on either side by a gully).
- Extract from : « The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley » by Harlan Ingersoll Smith
- The camel was in a gulley between the second and third hills.
- Extract from : « Hi Jolly! » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- The colonel was in a gulley just below me when a shell burst over us.
- Extract from : « In the Line of Battle » by Various
- There were two very high hills, and we were in the gulley at the bottom.
- Extract from : « In the Line of Battle » by Various
- And mayhap among the bogs and hills 'tis lonelier than in the gulley.
- Extract from : « Under the Storm » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He bides in the gulley, sir; he has been there ever since the farm-house was burnt.
- Extract from : « Under the Storm » by Charlotte M. Yonge
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