leat

British  

/ liːt /

noun

1. a trench or ditch that conveys water to a mill wheel

---

Etymology

Origin of leat

Old English -gelǣt (as in wætergelǣt water channel), from _let ¹

Example Sentences

At leat 101,000 cusomters in Louisiana were without power by early Saturday afternoon.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2019

The stamps were erected, with the water-wheel to work them; the stream dammed a hundred yards up, and a leat constructed to bring the water down to the wheel.

From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Leat is a Devonshire term for a running stream, and a branch of the leat ran through the Oatlands garden while there was another branch, more venturesome, at the bottom of the fields.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles

But at the rate they are devouring their green stuff there will not be a leat, scarcely a stem left in another hour; and then?

From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

An easy way of getting to the leat at the foot of the fields was to walk there, but by the time he was eight Scott scorned the easy ways.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles