runlet

/ ˈrʌnlɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a cask for wine, beer, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of runlet¹

C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet

Example Sentences

"Let us bathe our faces and heads in the runlet," he suggested urgently.

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Another followed—another—then a stream, a grey runlet of defeat which grew in proportions.

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Taliaferro's men hardly seemed happy, up and down the trodden, miry runlet.

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He had landed in a fringe of small trees by a little runlet, and now, under this cover, he moved irresolutely forward.

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A runlet of sparkling water babbled down a stone channel in the middle of the street.

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