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gulch

[ guhlch ]

noun

  1. a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.


gulch

/ É¡ÊŒ±ô³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. a narrow ravine cut by a fast stream
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gulch1

1825–35; compare British dialect gulch, gulsh to run with a full stream, gush, (of land) to sink in, Middle English gulchen to spew forth, gush; expressive word akin to gulp, gush, etc.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gulch1

C19: of obscure origin
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On Sunday, Dec. 11, 1921, what the Seattle Star immediately called “the greatest rainstorm ever recorded in Seattle†wreaked regional havoc, nowhere more dramatically than in the gulch.

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Once referred to as “garlic gulch†because of its Italian produce suppliers, Rainier Valley continued to blossom in the second half of the 20th century.

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The men followed, and Dasch led them over a couple of sand dunes before coming upon a gulch.

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Few people associate urban and suburban Southern California with floods anymore, mostly because many of its rivers were dammed up or transformed into concrete gulches long ago.

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That night, a search dog found Welch’s body in the nearby gulch.

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