Gullet
Gullet , noun
[Old English golet, Old French Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, French gueule, Latin gula; perh. akin to Sanskrit gula, German kenle; compare French goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Compare Gules, Gully.]
1.
(Anatomy) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2.
(Engineering) Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions
(a)
(Engineering) A channel for water.
(b)
(Engineering) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c)
(Engineering) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.