Plural of gole; archaic or dialectal term for channels, streams, or narrow passages of water.
From Old English or Middle English 'gol,' possibly related to 'gulf' or similar words meaning a channel or passage. The plural form 'goles' appears in archaic texts and regional dialects.
Old English had many words for 'water channel' that we've almost completely lost—'gole' is a linguistic fossil that shows how rich the vocabulary for landscape features used to be.
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