I. ˈgələ̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English golet, from Middle French goulet, diminutive of Old French gole, goule throat, from Latin gula — more at glutton
1. : the tube by which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach : esophagus ; broadly : throat
2. : something that resembles a gullet in shape of function: as
a. : a variably tubular invagination of the cytoplasm of various protozoans that sometimes functions in the intake of food
b. : a channel for water
c. : defile , ravine , gully
d. : the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth
e. : a preparatory cut in excavations that is wide enough to allow the passage of earth in conveyors
3. : the dewlap of a goose or other bird
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to make gullets in
2. : to evacuate by means of gullets