Dry-gulch Definition

drīgulch
verb
To attack and kill from ambush in a deserted place, as a dry gulch.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of drygulch.
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Origin of Dry-gulch

  • Because in the American West, outlaws often killed people as they passed through a dry gulch; or because cattle rustlers drove stolen animals off the edge of such a gulch. (ref. John Ayto 1998)

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