keel.
throat
Meaning & usage
throat
zijn keel schrapen
Hij had last van een zere keel na het schreeuwen tijdens het concert.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.
gules, the blazoning term for the color red
Where this word comes from
From French gueule (“red throat of wild animals”), from Old French goles, plural of gole (“throat”), from Latin gula. Distantly related to Etymology 1 above.
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