- a variation of runnel.
runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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It is not worth while to enter into any calculation of the relation borne by this runlet to the great torrents which descend from the chain of Mont Blanc into the valley of Chamouni.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
The canary, which hung by the door in a cage, sent out a hard bright runlet of song.
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
I have read in Plinius and Mela of a runlet near Dodona, which kindled by approximation an unlighted torch, and extinguished a lighted one.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
A narrow bridge of logs led across a sedgy runlet, which, like many mountain streams, was unfordable, except in occasional spots.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
Close in the precinct stand several little chapels dedicated to particular gods, each of whom owns his distinctive name and special worship, and is the tutelary deity of a runlet.
From On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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