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
- 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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