brooklet

[ brook-lit ]

noun

1. a small brook.

brooklet

/ ˈbrʊklɪt /

noun

1. a small brook

Word History and Origins

Origin of brooklet¹

First recorded in 1805–15; brook ¹ + -let

Example Sentences

So they held the prisoner fast, and led him to the brooklet, nipping his throat tightly to choke an outcry.

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As the hilltop was exposed to view, they retired behind to where a tiny brooklet started amid a clump of date palms.

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Thus meditating, he arrived at the banks of the little brooklet, and was awakened from his reverie by the sound of his own name.

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Precipitous cliffs shut in this beautiful valley, round which a brooklet runs singing.

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She saw the desert, without an oasis, only the brooklet of tears that meandered far away from whence she had come.

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