water gall Meaning, Definition & Usage

Wa"ter gall`

Definitions

1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.

   These water galls, in her dim element, Foretell new storms to those already spent. Shak.

   False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water gall by the rainbow. Walpole.