gulch
[guhlch]
- a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
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Origin of gulch
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Contemporary Examples
But there turned out to be, if not a cliff, at least a gulch still embedded in the deal.
I don't mean to imply that doctors are all going to move to Galt's Gulch.
Historical Examples
In a moment afterwards they re-entered the house in Gospeler's Gulch.
We were certainly in need of a regenerator at Jackman's Gulch about the beginning of '53.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
Even now whenever I think of what Hell must be I think of what that gulch looked like.
The Vagrant DukeGeorge Gibbs
So we moved down the gulch a quarter of a mile and went into camp.
The Vagrant DukeGeorge Gibbs
Sometimes we had a meeting of the residents of our own gulch.
A Gold Hunter's ExperienceChalkley J. Hambleton
gulch
- US and Canadian a narrow ravine cut by a fast stream
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Word Origin
C19: of obscure origin
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Word Origin and History for gulch
n.
"deep ravine," 1832, American English, perhaps from obsolete or dialectal verb gulsh "sink in" (of land), "gush out" (of water), from Middle English gulchen "to gush forth; to drink greedily" (c.1200). Cf. gulche-cuppe "a greedy drinker" (mid-13c.).
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