Plural of gully

regular plural

The plural of gully is gullies.

Forms of gully

A new drainage run and rainwater gullies are to be installed between the station and Oxford Road, with completion planned for December 1.2021 June 16, “Network News: Drainage work at Guiseley station”, in RAIL, number 933, page 19
Swales also prevent gullies from forming by intercepting rainwater, slowing it, spreading it, and storing it in the soil.2009, Toby Hemenway, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry swale
Sometimes a trenchful of the enemy would fire a volley and half of them disappear through gullies leading to other cover.1906, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands, T. Fisher Unwin, page 490. From the entry trenchful
Thousands of miserable cattle and goats roamed everywhere making tracks that would someday form cracks which successive rains would open into gullies and dongas.1948, Henry Vollam Morton, In Search of South Africa, Methuen, page 168. From the entry donga
People in Sangjih County in Shannan Prefecture are now working to complete in the shortest possible time a 30 km canal across 10 hills, 13 gullies and seven cliffs.1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement, →OCLC, page 4. From the entry Shannan

noun A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
noun A small valley.
noun A drop kerb.

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