COULEE


Meaning of COULEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkü-lē ]

noun

Etymology: Canadian French coulée, from French, flowing, flow of lava, from couler to flow, from Old French, from Latin colare to strain, from colum sieve

Date: 1807

1.

a. : a small stream

b. : a dry streambed

c. : a usually small or shallow ravine : gully

2. : a thick sheet or stream of lava

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.