runnel
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
a small channel, as for water.
Origin of runnel
1- Also run·let [ruhn-lit]. /ˈrʌn lɪt/.
Words Nearby runnel
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How to use runnel in a sentence
Clear water trickled through a wooden runnel into a great stone trough outside near the door.
The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceThus it is possible that a runnel of the blood of "le grand monarque" tripped through Burton's veins.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton | Thomas WrightIt took me the whole day to reach the patch,—which I found indeed a forest—but not a rudiment of brook or runnel had I crossed!
Lilith | George MacDonaldPeebles had disappeared; Dake lay in his rags on the ground; runnel rocked slowly, like a pendulum, in his ceaseless pain.
The Happy End | Joseph HergesheimerAnd I stood on the curb watching the iridescent ooze of the sewage in a runnel of the street seep along like a sick snake.
Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee Masters
British Dictionary definitions for runnel
/ (ˈrʌnəl) /
literary a small stream
Origin of runnel
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