gullet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    gorge; esophagus; oesophagus.

WordNet

Gul"let noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913