rill

¹

[ ril ]

noun

1. a small rivulet or brook.

rill

²

or rille

[ ril ]

noun

, Astronomy.

1. any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.

rill

/ rɪl /

noun

1. a brook or stream; rivulet
2. a small channel or gulley, such as one formed during soil erosion
3. Alsorille one of many winding cracks on the moon

Word History and Origins

Origin of rill¹

1530–40; < Dutch or Low German; compare Frisian ril

Origin of rill²

1885–90; < German Rille; rill ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rill¹

C15: from Low German rille ; related to Dutch ril

Example Sentences

Others, though, trained on Lange-ian principles, will rill rise and fill the gap.

From The Daily Beast

This rill of water fell in graceful drops from the extremities of the long marine grasses, as from the ends of a length of hair.

From Project Gutenberg

Other listeners had been attracted by the melody, but we stood in a shadow, near a rill that fell into the mere.

From Project Gutenberg

O for a grotto frost-lined and rill-riven,Scooped in the rock under cataract vast!

From Project Gutenberg

She leaves Cornwall at the end of the month and then goes to Florence, where she stays rill Easter or perhaps longer.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole party now proceeded, following the course of the rill, keeping anxious eyes on the regular impressions.

From Project Gutenberg