runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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The shepherds jeered; those who had backed the victor were sponging his wounds beside a runlet of water which was close at hand; those who had lost were flinging stones on the vanquished.
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
He carried him carefully to the partial shelter of a rock, and propped him up, and gave him water from a runlet close by.
From White Fire by Oxenham, John
She heard a faint noise from the runlet of water in front of the camp.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
He found a muddy runlet straying off from the river and quenched his thirst, then, turning, surveyed through the trees the hump of earth he had left and the company upon it.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
The pinons afforded their farinaceous cones, the agave yielded its esculent roots, and the prairie-turnip grew upon the borders of the runlet.
From The Boy Hunters by Unknown
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