of uncertain origin apparently topographic. It might be from Middle English go(u)lf gulf (compare Old French gouffre) ‘deep cavity gorge gulf’ perhaps also ‘whirlpool’ or ‘swallow-hole’ (senses first recorded in [...]
of uncertain origin apparently topographic. It might be from Middle English go(u)lf gulf (compare Old French gouffre) ‘deep cavity gorge gulf’ perhaps also ‘whirlpool’ or ‘swallow-hole’ (senses first recorded in [...]