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ghaut
/ ɡʌt /
noun
- a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ghaut1
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Example Sentences
The vessels used to be moored at the ghaut at the bottom of Hare Street, as there were no jetties in those days.
Of the Indian growths, Malabars, grown on the western slope of the Ghaut mountains, are classed commercially as the best.
It was about eleven o'clock when preparations were made for the removal of the corpse of my uncle to the Ghaut.
Something was then removed; he seemed satisfied, as before; and he in time ascended that stupendous ghaut.
In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.
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