nullah

[nuhl-uh]

noun (in the East Indies)

an intermittent watercourse.
a gully or ravine.

Origin of nullah

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

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Examples from the Web for nullah

Historical Examples of nullah

By eight o'clock the last of the baggage was near the nullah.
Through Three Campaigns
G. A. Henty
You are certain it was in the nullah that Mr Strachan killed the Arab who was on the top of you?
For Fortune and Glory
Lewis Hough
A common method of duelling was the exchange of blows from a nullah.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
Frank Fox
They were in a khor, or nullah, into which we had to drop, and they lined it twenty deep in places.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898
Bennet Burleigh
I could see the wheel wobbling as we crossed the flat bed of the nullah.
The Mercy of Allah
Hilaire Belloc

British Dictionary definitions for nullah

nullah

noun

a stream or drain

Word Origin for nullah

C18: from Hindi nālā

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