Gul"let (?), n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully.]
1. Anat.
The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2.
Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as:
(a) A channel for water.
(b) Engin. A preparatory cut or
channel in
excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c) A
concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
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