leat

British  

/ liːt /

noun

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

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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

We felt more than repaid for our impulsive interest, and as we disappeared from sight a last 'Bannact dea leat!'

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Both little shrill voices were obsequious with the information that he had gone towards the leat.

From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

Clemens translates this into the present Frisian of Amrom, which runs thus—"thas hirr döp di ha wi tun iwagen Unthonken mage leat, thiar skell üs Biarner un krassent wurd."

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Outside along the north, south and east fronts was a moat, formerly fed by the Taff through the Mill leat stream which ran along the west front.

From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G. (Andrew George)