gully

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water.--Webster. This word is much used in the United States. It is from the French goulet, and in old English authors is written gullet.


The violent rain which had fallen in the night had suddenly brought down such torrents of water through the hollow or gully, where they were in the utmost danger of being swept away before it.--Hawkesworth's Voyages.

TO GULLY

To wear a hollow channel in the earth.--Webster. This conversion of the noun into a verb is an Americanism. 'The roads are much gullied,' is a common expression.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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