Gurt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɜːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gurt is a noun meaning (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
Meaning
(mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
More Meanings
- (UK dialect, West Country) Pronunciation spelling of great.
Example Sentences
Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.
“Well, Tom, where did those birds settle?” “Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.” Not a bird, however, was to be found.
Zo ′e bought a slap-up rod and tackle, and, ev coose, a darn gurt book vull o′ vlies — talk′d about ketchin′ whackin′ trout, and me — ap a salmon the fust time.
“That was the word,” said Farmer Forder. “Hav′n pocketed the tuppunce, the chap as show′d off the clock opened the case, and let me zee the works of ′un, and wonderful works they was : wheels within wheels, and all sorts o′ crinkum-crankums, like a gurt puzzle.[…]”
Word Forms
- gurts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gutter, gully, grip, garland, gripple, gullet.
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