A water-worn ravine or valley, usually created by heavy rainfall or erosion, or a channel for water.
Possibly from Old French 'goulet' (watercourse), related to 'gull' (to pour or flow). Some trace it to Hindi 'gali' (a lane or alley) via British India contact.
Whether it came from French or Hindi, 'gulley' shows how English borrowed landscape words from everywhere it colonized—what word did locals use before English speakers arrived?
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