nullah

American  

[nuhl-uh] / ˈnʌl ə /

noun

1. an intermittent watercourse.

2. a gully or ravine.

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nullah British  

/ ˈnʌlɑː /

noun

1. a stream or drain

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Etymology

Origin of nullah

First recorded in 1770–80, nullah is from the Hindi word nālā brook, ravine

Example Sentences

Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were now worked; and the flames rose high and lit up the nullah clearly, so that anyone in it was plainly visible from the fort.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

The slope is steep, but well-wooded down to the bottom of the nullah; but the stream itself has cut a way from twenty to thirty feet wide through the solid rock at the bottom.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The tiger had come out from the cover into the clear bed of the nullah with his head turned over his shoulder glaring up at them in anger.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

I hurriedly scrambled up again and sat with my rifle ready, until I saw first one man, then another and another, appear in the nullah; and finally the whole line of beaters reached us.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon