ghaut

/ ɡʌt /

noun

1. a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghaut¹

C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat

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.

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Of the Indian growths, Malabars, grown on the western slope of the Ghaut mountains, are classed commercially as the best.

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It was about eleven o'clock when preparations were made for the removal of the corpse of my uncle to the Ghaut.

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Something was then removed; he seemed satisfied, as before; and he in time ascended that stupendous ghaut.

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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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