gully

• On making their way towards the sea, they found that the gully was arched over, and they now entered a spacious cavern, down the centre of which the stream made its way. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
• But I tied him up because I didn't fancy being slit up like a codfish with this thing," and I drew the claspknife--a regular sailor's "gully"--from my coat pocket and tossed it, open, upon the table Mother screamed and shuddered, and sank back into her chair again You needn't be scared," I said, more tenderly, crossing to her side and putting my arm across her shoulders. —  Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers
• One cut with my sea-gully, and the Hispaniola would go humming down the tide So far so good; but it next occurred to my recollection that a taut hawser, suddenly cut, is a thing as dangerous as a kicking horse. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
• The enemy front line faced it at a few yards' distance, just about two miles from Albert town The fourth of the four roads runs for about a mile eastwards from Albert, and then slopes down into a kind of gully or shallow valley, through which a brook once ran and now dribbles. —  The Old Front Line
• But after climbing for some hours we found our further progress stopped by a wide and deep gully, a sinister place, full of masses of dark green rocks. —  The Hand in the Dark

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