brooklet

American  

[brook-lit] / ˈbrʊk lɪt /

noun

1. a small brook.

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brooklet British  

/ ˈbrʊklɪt /

noun

1. a small brook

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Etymology

Origin of brooklet

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

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Example Sentences

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brooklet

Before we reach this, we find water on either side of us; that to the west being not from the Cam, but a small tributary brooklet which joins the river near the Great Bridge.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

When the girls reached the wood with its cool, damp shade, moss-grown paths, and running brooklet, they set to work with renewed vigor to hunt for specimens.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey

The brooklet came from a disused still-house hidden in laurel and hemlock so dense that direct sunlight never penetrated the glen.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart

Then—for thy shelter from life's sultrier suns, The oak of strength I set o'er joy that runs With brooklet glee from winds that grieve above.

From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice

Thus equipped, the next morning at eight o'clock we rolled out and made about twenty miles; we camped on a plateau covered with grass and by a brooklet of pure, cold spring water.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs

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