gullet

[guhl-it] /ˈgʌl ɪt/
noun
1.
the esophagus.
2.
the throat or pharynx.
3.
a channel for water.
4.
a gully or ravine.
5.
a preparatory cut in an excavation.
6.
a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
verb (used with object)
7.
to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English golet < Old French goulet ≪ Latin gula throat; see -et
Examples from the web for gullet
  • Fiery sambals that blast your gullet and soothing chutneys to cool you.
  • Now's your chance to give us a bib and cram your greasy photos down our gullet.
  • The pleasure center of caviar is the palate, not the gullet.
  • If you drink it, it will corrode your gullet before it poisons you.
  • It was so cold down there, you couldn't shove a shell into the gullet of a piece of artillery or a missile into a silo.
  • The thrasher then throws these items into its throat and gullet with a small, backward movement of its head.
  • The goal of the game is apparently to land one of these candies in the gullet of a human being.
  • If one accidentally gets shot down your gullet, they're non-toxic, but not recommended as a supplement to your daily diet.
  • The gullet must be large enough to store all the shavings until the gullet clears the log and the shavings fall free.
  • As in mammals, the mouth is connected to the esophagus, also called the goozle or gullet.
British Dictionary definitions for gullet

gullet

/ˈɡʌlɪt/
noun
1.
a less formal name for the oesophagus related adjective oesophageal
2.
the throat or pharynx
3.
(mining, quarrying) a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth
Word Origin
C14: from Old French goulet, diminutive of goule throat, from Latin gula throat
Word Origin and History for gullet
n.

c.1300 (as a surname), from Old French golet "neck (of a bottle); gutter; bay, creek," diminutive of gole "throat, neck" (Modern French guele), from Latin gula "throat," also "appetite," from PIE root *gwele- "swallow" (cf. Latin gluttire "to gulp down, devour," Old English ceole "throat," Old Church Slavonic glutu "gullet," Old Irish gelim "I devour").

gullet in Medicine

gullet gul·let (gŭl'ĭt)
n.

  1. The esophagus.

  2. The throat.