kotul
Kotul is an Anglo-Indian geographical term for a mountain pass or col — a gap or saddle in a mountain ridge providing a crossing point between valleys.
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Kotul is an Anglo-Indian geographical term for a mountain pass or col — a gap or saddle in a mountain ridge providing a crossing point between valleys. The term was used in British colonial documents relating to the northwestern frontiers of India, particularly in the Himalayan and Hindu Kush regions where such passes were strategically important. Archaic and geographically specific; of interest to historians of British India's frontier policies and Himalayan exploration.
The supply column was ambushed as it crossed the kotul, with no room to manoeuvre on the narrow path.
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(India) A mountain pass; a col.
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