Meaning of goyle | Babel Free

Definitions

A ravine or other depression.

Examples

“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.”

“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⟳.”

“Swerving from his course, he went crashing down the slope, like⟳ a boulder discharged from the crag above, sprang headlong into the water, and disappeared into a narrow deep goyle through which the river ran.”

“Before the brook flows past Pitminster Church, it passes through a deep goyle. Here it is crossed by a footpath leading from Woodram to the village of Blagdon Hill. The path is carried across the goyle on a wooden bridge.”

“Following survey it was decided that elimination of the bend⟳ at Rushycombe would involve⟳ culverting and filling in a deep goyle, [and] that the filling for this job could be obtained from Telegraph Hill.”

“The scene was very animated and interesting to watch⟳ but the effort of trying to make⟳ sense⟳ of so much confusion was exhausting and, from time to time, I turned away and deliberately lost myself in the deep goyle that ran down to the cove ...”

“Just south of the road, the infant stream descends into a deep goyle.”

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