gully
English
/ˈɡʌli/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English golet derived from Old French goulet derived from Latin gula (throat, gullet, palate, gluttony).
Origin
Latin
gula
Gloss
throat, gullet, palate, gluttony
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
喉, 咽
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gular English
- gullet English
- gulligut English
- gully-hole English
- gullywasher English
- gut English
- hole English
- washer English
- *gulella Latin
- *ingullīre Latin
- albogularis Latin
- gula Latin
- gulosus Latin
- gola Italian
- rigoler French
- gula Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷoleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- gula Portuguese
- golet Middle English
- goule Old French
- goulet Old French
- galafre Galician
- gură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gola Old Portuguese
- gurã Aromanian
- gula Romansh
- gole Friulian
- gola Old Occitan
- gola Old Spanish
- ula Sicilian
- gaula Dalmatian
- gola Ladin