couloir


cou·loir

C0681700 (ko͞ol-wär′)n. A steep mountainside gully, especially one forming a break in a cliff face.
[French, from couler, to slide, to flow; see coulee.]

couloir

(ˈkuːlwɑː; French kulwar) n (Physical Geography) a deep gully on a mountain side, esp in the French Alps[C19: from French: corridor, from couler to pour; see coulee]
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