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coulee

[ koo-lee ]

noun

  1. Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
  2. a small valley.
  3. a low-lying area.
  4. a small intermittent stream.
  5. Geology. a stream of lava.


coulee

/ -lɪ; ˈkuËleɪ /

noun

    1. a flow of molten lava
    2. such lava when solidified
  1. a dry stream valley, especially a long steep-sided gorge or ravine that once carried melt water from a glacier
  2. a small intermittent stream in such a ravine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coulee1

1800–10, Americanism; < Canadian French, French: a flowing, noun use of feminine of ³¦´Ç³Ü±ôé, past participle of couler to flow < Latin ³¦Å±ôÄå°ù±ð to filter, strain, derivative of ³¦Å±ô³Ü³¾ strainer, sieve; colander, portcullis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coulee1

C19: from Canadian French ³¦´Ç³Ü±ôé±ð a flow, from French, from couler to flow, from Latin ³¦Å±ôÄå°ù±ð to sift, purify; see colander
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In the long rural stretches, hills and coulees between the hipster hangouts and union halls of La Crosse and Eau Claire, Van Orden and Johnson campaign signs jostle with faded Trump-Pence placards.

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Even in Uncle Holt’s old work boots in the settled snow, I made pretty good time up the coulee bank.

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On the APR’s 27,000-acre Sun Prairie unit more than 400 bison roam the coulees, bluffs and creek bottoms.

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The plane crashed upside down in the coulee and started a fire that was quickly extinguished by Billings firefighters.

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Owls, golden sparrows, rough-legged hawks and other raptors arrive to take up their winter residence among the cliffs and coulees of the drainages.

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