Runnel Definition

rŭnəl
runnels
noun
runnels
A small stream; rivulet.
Webster's New World
A small channel or watercourse.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Runnel

Noun

Singular:
runnel
Plural:
runnels

Origin of Runnel

  • An alteration of an earlier form rinel (from Old English rynel, by assimilation with run, equivalent to run +"Ž -el.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rynel from Old English from rinnan to run rei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Runnel Sentence Examples

  • Alcock "observed one of these crabs drinking from a runnel of rain-water, by dipping the fingers of one of its chelipeds into the water and then carrying the wet fingers to its mouth."

  • Start on a flat boulder at the base of the slab, step left off this and climb a shallow runnel to a ledge.

  • Starts up a steep and narrow ice runnel to gain easier ground and the final section of King's Ransom.

  • Starts up a steep and narrow ice runnel to gain easier ground and the final section of King 's Ransom.

  • If the irrigator neglected to repair his dyke, or left his runnel open and caused a flood, he had to make good the damage done to his neighbours' crops, or be sold with his family to pay the cost.

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Words Starting With

RRURUN

Words Ending With

LELNEL

Unscrambles

runnel

Words Starting With R and Ending With L

Starts With R & Ends With LStarts With RU & Ends With LStarts With R & Ends With EL

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With L