couléen.

/ˈkuːleɪ/

/ˈkuːli/

Forms: Also (U.S.) -ee, -ie, coolie, cooley.

Etymology: < French coulée flow, < couler to flow: see -ade suffix. Sense 2 appears to have arisen among the French trappers in the Oregon region.

1. Geology. A stream of lava, whether molten or consolidated into rock; a lava-flow.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > ejected volcanic material > [noun] > lava

fire stream1657

lava1760

fireflood1821

coulée1839

fire fountain1852

lava flow1866

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > lava flow

lava1753

coulée1839

lava flow1866

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxii. 428 Large stratiform and horizontal coulées of volcanic rock.

1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks iv. 32 Molten viscous lava, forming flows or coulées.

2. In the Western regions of Canada and the United States: A deep ravine or gulch scooped out by heavy rain or melting snow, but dry in summer.

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1807 in Amer. State P., Publ. Lands (1832) I. 313 Bounded in front by the river Detroit, and in rear by a coulée or small run.

1807 in Amer. State P., Publ. Lands (1832) I. 346 Bounded..above by a creek (or coulée) called ventre de bœuf.

1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3)

1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 98 The word Coulee, used in Oregon for a rocky valley with sloping sides (not precipitous as in a cañon) has not yet made its way beyond the new state.

1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 75 In various parts of Montana, where there were..no breaks in the prairie excepting the ‘coulés’ (ravines).

1885 Harper's Mag. July 190/1 The little ‘coulees’ and mound-shaped buttes at the base of the hills.

1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xii. 78 He rode through the coulee without seeing a single cow.

β. 1881 Chicago Times 14 May These ‘coolies’ are dry during the summer season, but are flooded in the spring of the year.1881 N.Y. Times 18 Dec. in Notes & Queries 6th Ser. V. 65/1 Every ravine short of an inhabitable valley is called a ‘cooley’.1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Clipper 13 Mar. She [a cow] was discovered in a cooley.1886 Outing (U.S.) 8 259/1 The bushy coulies and the heads of the ravines are its favorite resorts.1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. June 201 Coming to a wide, long coulie, filled with tall trees and brushwood, we as usual separated.1890 Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/1 Reno came quickly to a shallow ‘cooley’ (frontierism for gully), that led down..to the stream.1902 T. Roosevelt Deer Family 55 The other buck had disappeared, but there was blood on his trail, and I found him lying down in the next coulie, and finished him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	coulée
释义	couléen. /ˈkuːleɪ//ˈkuːli/ Forms: Also (U.S.) -ee, -ie, coolie, cooley. Etymology: < French coulée flow, < couler to flow: see -ade suffix. Sense 2 appears to have arisen among the French trappers in the Oregon region. 1. Geology. A stream of lava, whether molten or consolidated into rock; a lava-flow. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > ejected volcanic material > [noun] > lava fire stream1657 lava1760 fireflood1821 coulée1839 fire fountain1852 lava flow1866 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > lava flow lava1753 coulée1839 lava flow1866 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxii. 428 Large stratiform and horizontal coulées of volcanic rock. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks iv. 32 Molten viscous lava, forming flows or coulées. 2. In the Western regions of Canada and the United States: A deep ravine or gulch scooped out by heavy rain or melting snow, but dry in summer. ΚΠ α. 1807 in Amer. State P., Publ. Lands (1832) I. 313 Bounded in front by the river Detroit, and in rear by a coulée or small run. 1807 in Amer. State P., Publ. Lands (1832) I. 346 Bounded..above by a creek (or coulée) called ventre de bœuf. 1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) 1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 98 The word Coulee, used in Oregon for a rocky valley with sloping sides (not precipitous as in a cañon) has not yet made its way beyond the new state. 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 75 In various parts of Montana, where there were..no breaks in the prairie excepting the ‘coulés’ (ravines). 1885 Harper's Mag. July 190/1 The little ‘coulees’ and mound-shaped buttes at the base of the hills. 1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xii. 78 He rode through the coulee without seeing a single cow. β. 1881 Chicago Times 14 May These ‘coolies’ are dry during the summer season, but are flooded in the spring of the year.1881 N.Y. Times 18 Dec. in Notes & Queries 6th Ser. V. 65/1 Every ravine short of an inhabitable valley is called a ‘cooley’.1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Clipper 13 Mar. She [a cow] was discovered in a cooley.1886 Outing (U.S.) 8 259/1 The bushy coulies and the heads of the ravines are its favorite resorts.1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. June 201 Coming to a wide, long coulie, filled with tall trees and brushwood, we as usual separated.1890 Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/1 Reno came quickly to a shallow ‘cooley’ (frontierism for gully), that led down..to the stream.1902 T. Roosevelt Deer Family 55 The other buck had disappeared, but there was blood on his trail, and I found him lying down in the next coulie, and finished him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1807
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