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Definition of Gulch
1. Noun. A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
Definition of Gulch
1. n. Act of gulching or gulping.
2. v. t. To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Definition of Gulch
1. Verb. (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A glutton ¹
4. Noun. A narrow V-shaped valley with a stream running through it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gulch
1. a deep, narrow ravine [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulch
Literary usage of Gulch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Not the least of these is Death gulch, discovered in 1888 by Walter Harvey ...
Tests made at various places along the bottom of the gulch failed to show ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"THEY called the place Sandy gulch ; it was hard to understand why, for it was
full of rocks, apparently. There was not sand enough visible to scour a pan ..."
3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"BOOK n AFTER FIVE YEARS CHAPTER I ONE HORSE gulch IT was a season of unexampled
prosperity in One Horse gulch. Even the despondent original locator, who, ..."
4. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1874)
"Brown's gulch is a tributary of Alder, entering below Virginia City. The gulch
is seven miles in length, and a considerable portion as yet unworked, ..."
5. Early Records of Gilpin County, Colorado, 1859-1861 by Thomas Maitland Marshall (1920)
"Editors News:—It may possibly interest you and your readers to know something of
the little excitement arising from a dispute between Spring gulch and ..."
6. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1874)
"In Empire gulch, which, with Iowa gulch, heads directly opposite Four-Mile Creek
... 2, Plate IX, represents the outline along the south side of Iowa gulch, ..."
7. History of Washington, Idaho and Montana by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Frances Fuller Victor (1890)
"Following rapidly upon the discovery of Last Chance gulch were others of great
... Blackfoot City was located on Ophir gulch, discovered by Bratton, ..."
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