runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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A runlet of sparkling water babbled down a stone channel in the middle of the street.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
During a walk across the summer fields my foot has sometimes paused at the brink of a silvery runlet, and I have followed it backward in search of the spring.
From Aftermath by Allen, James Lane
Taliaferro's men hardly seemed happy, up and down the trodden, miry runlet.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
A small runlet here trickled down the kloof in a chain of water-holes.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram
"We've passed neither spring nor runlet on our course, for I've looked for such," said Billington removing his leather cap and wiping his brow upon his sleeve.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
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