English

gully-hole

From gully + hole.

A compound of gully + hole

Middle English golet ‘esophagus, gullet’

English gully

Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’

Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’

Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’

Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’

Middle English hole

English hole

Today it means

noun A manhole providing access to a drain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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