townlet

[ toun-lit ]

noun
  1. a small town.

Origin of townlet

1
First recorded in 1545–55; town + -let

Words Nearby townlet

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How to use townlet in a sentence

  • Accompanied by 'Liza-Lu and the boy, she again ascended the little lane which secluded the church from the townlet.

  • He reached the top of the old road where it makes a sudden descent to the townlet, but she did not appear.

    The Well-Beloved | Thomas Hardy
  • Probably no townlet in England possesses such a remarkable group of ecclesiastical buildings.

  • Fringing the townlet, new gristmill and new factory stood where the mother ditch was bridged.

    Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove Rhodes
  • There the black masses of troops closed up and dismounted, till the whole slope by the townlet was covered with horses and men.

    Two Years on Trek | Louis Eugne du Moulin