Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gullet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gullet \Gul"let\, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole,
goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula,
G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte
channel gutter. Cf. {Gules}, {Gully}.]
1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from
the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing
similar functions; as:
(a) A channel for water.
(b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations,
of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gullet
n : the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: {esophagus},
{oesophagus}, {gorge}]
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