gour

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noun

A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.

OriginFrench gour ← Latin gurges →
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Meanings

gour1

noungour (plural gours)

plural gours

  1. datedDated form of gaur (“Asian wild bovine”).

gour2

noungour (plural gours)

plural gours

  1. A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.

    […] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating the phenomenon and causing the formation of a calcite dam tilted towards the center of the gour. As water evaporates from the surface of the gour, a thin film of calcite often forms, […]

    2015, Eric Gilli, Karstology: Karsts, Caves and Springs, page 80

gour3

noungour (plural gours)

plural gours

  1. IndiaobsoleteThe head man of a village in the Canarese-speaking country.

    Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men.

    c. 1800, Munro's Life, iii. 92

Gour4

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rimstone

Origin

  1. Latingurges
  2. Frenchgour“rock pool”
  3. Englishgour

From French gour (“rock pool”), from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gurges.

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APA

gour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gour

MLA

“gour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gour.

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