cou·loir
cou·loir/ˈko͞olˌwär/
noun
a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside.
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The meaning of COULOIR is a steep mountainside gorge. Did you know?
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
A deep gully on a mountain side, esp in the French Alps.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Noun. couloir (plural couloirs) (climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside. (rare) A corridor or passage.
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A couloir may be a seam, scar, or fissure, or vertical crevasse in an otherwise solid mountain mass. From. Wikipedia.
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A corridor is a long passage in a building or train, with rooms on one or both sides. There were doors on both sides of the ...
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Couloir definition: A deep mountainside gorge or gully, especially in the Swiss Alps.
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cou·loir ... n. A steep mountainside gully, especially one forming a break in a cliff face. [French, from couler, to slide, to flow; see coulee.].
A couloir is a steep and narrow vertical gully on a mountainside, typically with rocky sides to it. These are often used as climbing and steep skiing routes.
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