Gully vs Cleft - What's the difference?
gully | cleft | Related terms |
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
A small valley.
(UK) A drop kerb.
A road drain.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
(UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
(obsolete) To flow noisily.
To wear away into a gully or gullies.
(Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
* 1883 , , page 139:
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
A piece made by splitting.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
(Webster 1913)
(cleave)
Gully is a related term of cleft.
As nouns the difference between gully and cleft
is that gully is a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside or gully can be (scotland|northern uk) a large knife while cleft is an opening, fissure, or v-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.As verbs the difference between gully and cleft
is that gully is (obsolete) to flow noisily while cleft is (cleave).gully
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Alternative forms
* gulley (Etymology 1)Etymology 1
From (etyl) golet, from (etyl) goulet, from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia gully) (gullies)Verb
- (Johnson)
Etymology 2
Scots , of unknown origin.Noun
(gullies)- With that I made my mind up, took out my gully , opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another...
References
Gullies And Other Knives----
cleft
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Noun
(en noun)- a cleft of wood