goulotte

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noun

A snowy, steep gorge on a mountain which is too narrow to ski through.

OriginItalian goulotte ← French goulotte →
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Meanings

noungoulotte (plural goulottes)

plural goulottes

  1. A snowy, steep gorge on a mountain which is too narrow to ski through.

    They had climbed an easier approach the day before and nipped in front of us. We didn't want to climb under them, exposed to falling debris in the confines of a narrow goulotte.

    2012 August 21, Nick Bullock, Echoes: One climber's hard road to freedom, Vertebrate Publishing, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Frenchgoulotte
  2. Italiangoulotte
  3. Englishgoulotte

Borrowed from Italian goulotte, from French goulotte.

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goulotte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goulotte

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Chicago

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