goyle
/ˈɡɔɪəl/
goyle noun: a ravine or other depression.
Noun
goyle (plural goyles)
- A ravine or other depression.
- Into a deep goyle they plunge, and then up the far side to where a ploughman has halted his team that he may watch the sport. There the hounds come to a check suddenly.1895, Oswald Crawfurd, A Year of Sport and Natural History: Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Falconry and Fishing with Chapters on Birds of Prey, the Nidification of Birds and the Habits of British Wild...
- They likewise passed into the deep goyle, where I could not see them, and then, almost immediately, the chorus ceased, nor for some minutes did I hear another sound.1921, Littell's Living Age, page 738
Examples of goyle in a sentence
- Before the brook flows past Pitminster Church, it passes through a deep goyle.1939, Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset ...:
- Just south of the road, the infant stream descends into a deep goyle.2008, Richard Anthony Edwards, Geology of the Jurassic Coast: The Red Coast Revealed : Exmouth to Lyme Regis, Harbour Publishing, →ISBN:
Forms of goyle
| plural | goyles |
|---|---|
| alternative form | goyal |
Origin of goyle
Unknown. Found (initially) in the dialects of Somerset and Devon. Possibly related to gulley.
Questions about goyle
- What does goyle mean?
- Goyle means a ravine or other depression.
- How do you use goyle in a sentence?
- Before the brook flows past Pitminster Church, it passes through a deep goyle.
- What part of speech is goyle?
- Goyle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce goyle?
- Goyle is pronounced /ˈɡɔɪəl/.
- What is the plural of goyle?
- The plural of goyle is goyles.
Words near goyle in the dictionary
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