gullet

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 225 words | Copyright

gullet oesophagus XIV (golet); †water-channel XVI. — OF. *golet, goulet, dim. of go(u)le (mod. gueule) :- L. gula throat, rel. to OIr. gelim I swallow, OE. ċeole, OS., OHG. kela (G. kehle) throat; see -ET.

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