[Arab. khurr, khorr.] A watercourse, ravine, nullah, dry bed of a stream.
1884. Times, 28 March, 5/1. Our route lay … along the bottom of the valley leading to the khor. Ibid. The khor winds considerably, and splits into two or three smaller ravines.
1896. Westm. Gaz., 12 June, 2/1. A swarm of Arabs came down upon them through a neighbouring khor.
