runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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She came to know by heart every path through the park--except that which led to the Great House; she discovered where the foxgloves clustered, where the meadow-sweet fringed the runlet, where the rare bog-bean warned the traveller to look to his footing.
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He carried him carefully to the partial shelter of a rock, and propped him up, and gave him water from a runlet close by.
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A runlet of sparkling water babbled down a stone channel in the middle of the street.
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Where hast thou laid the runlet?
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A narrow bridge of logs led across a sedgy runlet, which, like many mountain streams, was unfordable, except in occasional spots.
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