Gully
/ˈɡʌli/noun
A deep ditch or channel worn by running water, or a narrow ravine.
Did you know?English gully is historically linked to gullet, and both ultimately go back to a word for the throat or swallowing passage—so a gully is literally a place where the earth seems to gulp water.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷel-
“to swallow, gulp down”
Late Latin
Latin
gula
“throat, gullet”
Old French
Old French
goule
“throat, gullet”
Middle English
English
gully / golli
“a ravine or deep channel cut by water”
Modern English
English
gully
“a deep ditch or ravine formed by erosion”