gul|let

gul|let
gul|let «GUHL iht», noun.
1. the passage for food from the pharynx to the stomach; esophagus: »

I am going to cool my gullet at the blessed well (John Synge).

2. = throat. (Cf.throat)
3. a narrow trench dug in beginning excavations.
4. Figurative. a gully; ravine.
[< Old French goulet (diminutive) < goule or gole throat, neck < Latin gula throat]

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