couloir
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couloir
- /kulˈwɑɹ/
Rhymes with -ɑɹ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).
noun couloirs
- A steep gorge along a mountainside. Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.
- A corridor or passage. It was a hole, in the fence, a large irregular hole, caused by numberless winds, numberless rains, or by a boar, or by a bull, flying, pursuing, a wild boar, a wild bull, blind with fear, blind with rage, or who knows perhaps with carnal desire, crashing at this point, through the fence, weakened by
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Talk about this word "couloir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/couloir. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. couloir. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/couloir "couloir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/couloir.
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@misc{couloir_2026,
title = {couloir},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/couloir},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
