Leat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /liːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leat is a noun meaning An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Meaning
An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Example Sentences
His paws rested on a sunken branch. The water moved down, clouded with the mud-stirrings of the leat. He lay so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.
Word Forms
- leats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include riffle, race, millrace, headrace, millstream, head-race.
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