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gulch

  [guhlch]
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–noun
a deep, narrow ravine, esp. one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
Origin:
1825–35; cf. Brit. dial. gulch, gulsh to run with a full stream, gush, (of land) to sink in, ME gulchen to spew forth, gush; expressive word akin to gulp, gush, etc.
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gulch   (gŭlch)   
n.  A small ravine, especially one cut by a torrent.

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