Gully vs Couloir - What's the difference?
gully | couloir |
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:
A steep gorge along a mountainside.
* 1978 , Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice ,
* 1987 , Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me'', '' ,
* 1998 , R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide ,
* 2002 , American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering , Issue 55,
As nouns the difference between gully and couloir
is that gully is a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside while couloir is a steep gorge along a mountainside.As a verb gully
is to flow noisily.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----
couloir
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Noun
(en noun)page 145,
- Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.
page 42,
- Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs , an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.
page 99,
- Ascend a long, easy snow couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.
page 58,
- When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons.