gilgain.

Brit.

/ˈɡɪlɡʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɡɪlˌɡaɪ/, Australian English

/ˈɡɪlɡɑe/

Forms: 1800s– ghilgai, 1800s– gilgai, 1800s– gilgi, 1800s– gilgie, 1800s– gilguy, 1900s gilga, 1900s– ghilghi.

Origin: A borrowing from Kamilaroi. Etymon: Kamilaroi gilgaay.

Etymology: < Kamilaroi (New South Wales) gilgaay and Wiradhuri (central New South Wales region) gilgaay, both in sense ‘waterhole’.

Originally and chiefly Australian.

A hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole. Also: terrain of low relief on a plain of heavy clay soil, characterized by the presence of hollows, rims, and mounds, as formed by alternating periods of expansion during wet weather and contraction during hot dry weather.Frequently attributive, esp. in gilgai hole.

ΚΠ

1867 F. J. Byerley Narr. Overland Exped. N. Queensland 44 The party camped on a small tea-tree ‘Gilgai’, or shallow water-pan.

1897 J. J. Murif From Ocean to Ocean 163 ‘Gilguy’ denotes small patches of mixed ‘Biscay’ and ‘devil-devil’ ground—possibly dried up clay pans.

1898 K. L. Parker More Austral. Legendary Tales 7 A..shower fell,..filling the gilguy holes on the plain.

1930 V. Palmer Men are Human v. 41 They watched the gilgais turn to mud on the blacksoil plains.

1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xv. 135 Bony was led to a gilgie hole amid the scrub trees.

1983 N. Ahmad in L. P. Wilding et al. Pedogenesis & Soil Taxon. (1984) II. iii. 92 The physical behavior of Vertisols commonly results in ‘gilgai’ microrelief which consist of slight depressions and mounds.

2013 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 14 Surface water flowed as a river through our acreage property and surprise, surprise the next day, apart from a bit of lost topsoil and the odd new gilgai, our land was still there.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gilgai
释义	gilgain. Brit. /ˈɡɪlɡʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡɪlˌɡaɪ/, Australian English /ˈɡɪlɡɑe/ Forms: 1800s– ghilgai, 1800s– gilgai, 1800s– gilgi, 1800s– gilgie, 1800s– gilguy, 1900s gilga, 1900s– ghilghi. Origin: A borrowing from Kamilaroi. Etymon: Kamilaroi gilgaay. Etymology: < Kamilaroi (New South Wales) gilgaay and Wiradhuri (central New South Wales region) gilgaay, both in sense ‘waterhole’. Originally and chiefly Australian. A hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole. Also: terrain of low relief on a plain of heavy clay soil, characterized by the presence of hollows, rims, and mounds, as formed by alternating periods of expansion during wet weather and contraction during hot dry weather.Frequently attributive, esp. in gilgai hole. ΚΠ 1867 F. J. Byerley Narr. Overland Exped. N. Queensland 44 The party camped on a small tea-tree ‘Gilgai’, or shallow water-pan. 1897 J. J. Murif From Ocean to Ocean 163 ‘Gilguy’ denotes small patches of mixed ‘Biscay’ and ‘devil-devil’ ground—possibly dried up clay pans. 1898 K. L. Parker More Austral. Legendary Tales 7 A..shower fell,..filling the gilguy holes on the plain. 1930 V. Palmer Men are Human v. 41 They watched the gilgais turn to mud on the blacksoil plains. 1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xv. 135 Bony was led to a gilgie hole amid the scrub trees. 1983 N. Ahmad in L. P. Wilding et al. Pedogenesis & Soil Taxon. (1984) II. iii. 92 The physical behavior of Vertisols commonly results in ‘gilgai’ microrelief which consist of slight depressions and mounds. 2013 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 14 Surface water flowed as a river through our acreage property and surprise, surprise the next day, apart from a bit of lost topsoil and the odd new gilgai, our land was still there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867
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