Rill vs Gully - What's the difference?
rill | gully |
A very small brook; a streamlet.
* 1797 , :
(planetology)
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:
As nouns the difference between rill and gully
is that rill is a very small brook; a streamlet while gully is a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.As verbs the difference between rill and gully
is that rill is to run a small stream while gully is to flow noisily.rill
English
Noun
(wikipedia rill) (en noun)- So twice five miles of fertile ground
- With walls and towers were girdled round:
- And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
- Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
- And here were forests ancient as the hills,
- Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
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----