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/ˈwɪntəbɔːn/ · noun
(British) A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone..
[F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's drought, was hurrying down upon its six months' course, a broad sheet of oily silver, over a temporary channel of smooth green sward.
The stream is a winterbourne - it flows only in winter or other periods of high rainfall and is usually dry in summer.
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Winterbourne means (British) A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone..
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[F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's drought, was hurrying down upon its six months' course, a broad sheet of oily silver, over a temporary channel of smooth green sward.
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