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Definition of Coulee
1. n. A stream
Definition of Coulee
1. Noun. A stream. ¹
2. Noun. (geology) A lava flow. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coulee
1. a small ravine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coulee
Literary usage of Coulee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorial Volume of the Transcontinental Excursion of 1912 of the American by American geological society of New York, American Geographical Society (New York) (1915)
"Wir haben diesen unteren Teil der Grande coulee nicht besucht, wohl aber noch
gerade den Beginn, den Ansatz der unteren coulee in dem Plateau von coulee ..."
2. California and the Far West: Suggestions for the Westbound Traveler by Kate Ethel Mary Dumbell (1914)
"The Grand coulee is a great dry gorge or canon, cut by the Columbia River when
it was diverted from its course ages ago in the glacial period. ..."
3. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1902)
"THE coulee.BELT The coulee belt borders the Mouse and Des Lacs rivers on the
west, and contains fifty-one coulees between the southeast corner of the county ..."
4. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the by William Makepeace Thayer (1887)
"GRAND coulee, W. T Stone monuments stand around, some tall and capped, others
rising in sharp pinnacles — all seeming to belong to the same class of wonders ..."
5. The Worker and His Work: Readings in Present Day Literature Presenting Some by Stella Stewart Center (1920)
"I recall with especial clearness the events of that last threshing in the coulee—I
was eight, my brother was six. For days we had looked forward to the ..."
6. A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland (1917)
"CHAPTER m The Home in the coulee OUR postoffice was in the village of Onalaska,
situated at the mouth of the Black River, which came down out of the wide ..."
7. The Story of the North Star State by Daniel Everett Willard (1922)
"Here on the prairie, cutting through level wheat fields, is a coulee, a little
valley having steep sides, growing wider down stream and narrower up stream, ..."
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