ghaut
/ (ɡʌt) /
Caribbean a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea
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How to use ghaut in a sentence
The vessels used to be moored at the ghaut at the bottom of Hare Street, as there were no jetties in those days.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century | Montague MasseyOf the Indian growths, Malabars, grown on the western slope of the ghaut mountains, are classed commercially as the best.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersIt was about eleven o'clock when preparations were made for the removal of the corpse of my uncle to the ghaut.
The Hindoos as they Are | Shib Chunder BoseSomething was then removed; he seemed satisfied, as before; and he in time ascended that stupendous ghaut.
In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.
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