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• a variation of ghat.

ghaut

British  

/ ɡʌt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ghaut

C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: _ghat

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Example Sentences

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ghaut

I therefore rode towards the top of the ghaut, where I found the rajah in waiting.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp

The little temple on the water's edge by the ghaut is slowly mouldering into decay; on the plaster of the coping of its river wall you may still see the marks of the treacherous bullets.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes

The village of Suttee Chowra on the bluff on the left of the ghaut, where Tantia Topee's sepoys were concealed, no longer exists; a pretty bungalow and its compound occupy its site.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes

So now, When plunderéd tombs betray their trust, And vandals screech at roving gnomes, All raise a voice and curse each ghaut.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque

If I mistake not, the very ingenious Mr. Bryant makes the word gate a derivative from the Indian word ghaut, a pass between mountains.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Sir John Barrow

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