Gully vs Culvert - What's the difference?
gully | culvert |
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 transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.
* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91
* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 167
As nouns the difference between gully and culvert
is that gully is a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside while culvert is a transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.As verbs the difference between gully and culvert
is that gully is to flow noisily while culvert is to channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.gully
English
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----
culvert
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Noun
(en noun)- A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert .
- After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.