raviney
noun
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French: torrent, Old French: a violent rushing; see raven2
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French: torrent, Old French: a violent rushing; see raven2
Related forms
ra·vine·y, adjective
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| —n | |
| a deep narrow steep-sided valley, esp one formed by the action of running water | |
| [C15: from Old French: torrent, from Latin rapīna robbery, influenced by Latin rapidus | |
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Word Origin & History
ravine
1760, "deep gorge," from Fr. ravin "a gully" (1690, from O.Fr. raviner "to hollow out"), and from Fr. ravine "violent rush of water, gully," from O.Fr. ravine "violent rush, robbery, rapine," both ult. from L. rapina (see rapine); sense influenced by L. rapidus "rapid." M.E.
ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c.1350-1500. Cf. ravening.
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