GULLET


Meaning of GULLET in English

/gul"it/ , n.

1. the esophagus.

2. the throat or pharynx.

3. a channel for water.

4. a gully or ravine.

5. a preparatory cut in an excavation.

6. a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.

v.t.

7. to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).

[ 1350-1400; ME golet goulet gula throat; see -ET ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .