different between gullet vs gully

English

Etymology

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???l.?t/, /???l.?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

gullet (plural gullets)

1. The throat or esophagus.
2. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
4. A channel for water.
5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
6. The wide room under the pommel of a saddle, the hollow over the withers.

Synonyms

• (throat or esophagus): gorge
• (cytopharynx): cytopharynx

Related terms

• gully

Translations

See also

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ku?l?leh(t)/

Verb

g?l?let

1. to (catch) fish

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kulleh(t)/

Verb

gullet

1. inflection of gullat:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gullet n

1. definite singular of gull

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gullet n

1. definite singular of gull

Swedish

Noun

gullet

1. definite singular of gull

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?l'?, IPA^(key): /???li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Etymology 1

From Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”).

Noun

gully (plural gullies)

1. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

   Synonym: gill

2. A small valley.
3. (Britain) A drop kerb.
4. A road drain.
5. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position

   Synonym: box

6. (Britain) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Alternative forms

• gulley

Related terms

• gullet
• gully gut
• gully hole

Descendants

• ? German: Gully

Translations

Verb

gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)

1. (obsolete) To flow noisily.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Etymology 2

From Scots gully, of unknown origin.

Noun

gully (plural gullies)

1. (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:

     With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another […]

Further reading

• gully on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gullies And Other Knives

Scots

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Noun

gully (plural gullies)

1. large knife

   • God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap, / And owt of his scheith his gully owtgatt. (The Bannatyne Manuscript)