Runlet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Runlet is a noun meaning A small brook or stream.
Meaning
A small brook or stream.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.
Example Sentences
She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.
The biographer, especially of a literary man, need only mark the main currents of tendency, without being officious to trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
[…]our cellarer shall have orders to deliver to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvesie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike, yearly—If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come to court, and become acquainted with my butler.
Word Forms
- runlets
- rundlet
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include runnel, rundel, rill, riverlet, rundle, riveret.
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