| gullet | 1. <anatomy> The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the oesophagus. 2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: A channel for water. <engineering> A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades. Origin: OE. Golet, OF. Goulet, dim. Of gole, goule, throat, F. Gueule, L. Gula; perh. Akin to Skr. Gula, G. Kenle; cf. F. Goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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