Synonyms for gully

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guhl-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌl i

Définition of gully

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.

noun ravine, ditch

Example sentences :

After long looking about I found water in a gully and camped.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Followed up the gully about a mile, and came to a small spring, and camped.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Camped on a gully with some old feed in the flat, in latitude 27 degrees 49 minutes.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

At about noon we found some water in a gully by scratching a hole, but it was quite salt.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

We left the track to examine a gully to the north, but could not find any water.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

He had fallen into a gully, the horse had thrown him, he was lost.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Then the trail was lost in a gully where the animals had gone in every direction to get through.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Yet no youth reaches his majority without exploring the Gully.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Mary opened it just as she struck into the Gully Road, on her way home.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

The gully was a lonesome place inhabited by countless sea-birds.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

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