goulotte
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian goulotte, from French goulotte.
Noun
[edit]goulotte (plural goulottes)
- A snowy, steep gorge on a mountain which is too narrow to ski through.
- 2012 August 21, Nick Bullock, Echoes: One climber's hard road to freedom, Vertebrate Publishing, →ISBN:
- They had climbed an easier approach the day before and nipped in front of us. We didn't want to climb under them, exposed to falling debris in the confines of a narrow goulotte.
Italian
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Noun
[edit]goulotte f (plural goulotti)
- an Alpine gully that is too narrow to be skied through