Runnel

Quick meaning: Runnel is a noun meaning A small stream, a rivulet.

Meaning

A small stream, a rivulet.

More Meanings

1. A small artificial channel for water to flow in.
2. To create channels for directing the flow of liquid.

Example Sentences

Spring, is ye comen in, / Dappled larke singe, / Snow melteth, / Runnel pelteth, / Smelleth wind of newe buddinge.

Every little runnel in the bay was astir, and yet the land around him was as dry as flax, and no drop of rain had fallen.

Not all saltmarshes are suited to habitat modification, but where they are, runnelling provides long-term and cost-effective control with minor non-target impacts.

[…] great chambers in the rock where all sorts of plants were growing, under windows which had been cut to let in the sun, and glazed to adjust his warmth, and where runnels of water ran between fruit trees and seedlings, pumpkin plants and herbs.

Word Forms

• runnels
• runneling
• runnelling
• runneled
• runnelled

Synonyms for runnel

Depending on context, synonyms include run, rivulet, rill, streamlet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rivulet, streamlet, rill, run, brook, riverling.

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