Gully

n.	1.	A large knife.
	1.	A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
	2.	A grooved iron rail or tram plate. Gully gut a glutton. Gully hole the opening through which gutters discharge surface water. - Chapman.
v. t.	1.	To wear into a gully or into gullies. [imp. & p. p. Gullied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gullying.]
v. i.	1.	To flow noisily.

Noun

1.

gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

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