Gulch Definition

gŭlch
gulches
noun
gulches
A steep-walled valley cut by a swift stream; deep, narrow ravine.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
(obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
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Other Word Forms of Gulch

Noun

Singular:
gulch
Plural:
gulches

Origin of Gulch

  • Perhaps from dialectal gulch to gush, (of land) to sink in from Middle English gulchen to drink greedily, to spew

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English gulchen (“to gulp”)

    From Wiktionary

Gulch Sentence Examples

  • It's up the gulch, you say?

  • The surrounding country abounds in goldand silver-bearing quartz deposits, and it is estimated that from the famous Last Chance Gulch alone, which runs across the city, more than $40,000,000 in gold has been taken.

  • As they passed the plowed pullout for the cutoff to Engineer pass, they were reminded of the past June and their mountain-camping honeymoon, up this road and into Poughkeepsie Gulch.

  • The development of Montana was scarcely begun when the discoveries of gold were made at Bannack, Beaverhead Valley, in 1862, at Virginia city, Alder Gulch, in 1863 and at Helena, Last Chance Gulch, in 1864.

  • Helena was established as a placer mining camp in 1864 upon the discovery of gold in Last Chance Gulch.

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Words Starting With

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