runlet
English
Etymology 1
From run + -let. Compare runnel.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)
- A small stream or brook.
- Lowell
- To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 91:
- She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.
- Lowell
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French rondelet (“roundlet”). More at roundlet.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)