ghaut


ghat

also ghaut G0111300 (gôt, gät)n. A broad flight of steps leading down to the bank of a river in India, used especially by bathers.
[Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghaṭṭaḥ, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Telugu kaṭṭu, gaṭṭu, dam, embankment.]

ghaut

(ɡʌt) n (Physical Geography) Caribbean a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea[C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat]