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

Example sentences :

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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