nullah
an intermittent watercourse.
a gully or ravine.
Origin of nullah
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How to use nullah in a sentence
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIt took us a long time to get out of that nullah, and we tried all sorts of different ways, but the sides were too steep.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonIn vain Captain Loch endeavoured to force his way across the nullah or trench.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. KingstonA good deal of hostile fire all round us, especially close to the nullah, but nothing within 200 yards of the guns.
Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. JefferyAt dawn you march to the next camping-ground, which will surely be on the south side of a big nullah fourteen miles ahead.
The Great Mogul | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for nullah
/ (ˈnʌlɑː) /
a stream or drain
Origin of nullah
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