coulee
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French coulée (“flow”), from couler (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coulee (plural coulees)
- A stream.
- (geology) A lava flow.
- (US) A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer.
- (Mississippi Delta region) A reach of water in a bayou that is like a slough but deeper.
- 1989, John McPhee, The Control of Nature, →ISBN, page 73:
- We were in a coulee, which is like a slough but deeper and with slushier muds at the bottom.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “coulee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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