kouru — meaning in English

English meaning

chute noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
flume noun A narrow gorge, often with a stream flowing through it.
gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
trough noun A long, open container used to hold food or water for animals.
wash verb To clean something using water, usually with soap.

kouru is used for these senses in English:

chute A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
flume An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
gutter A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
gutter (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
gutter Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
mill race A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.
trough (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
wash (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.

noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
noun A narrow passage used to funnel or confine animals, such as livestock.
noun Informal shortening of "parachute".

noun A narrow gorge, often with a stream flowing through it.
noun An artificial channel built to carry water, materials or people, such as on a water slide.