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Synonyms for runnel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhn-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn l

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Définition of runnel

Origin :
  • "rivulet," 1570s, in Hakluyt, alteration of Middle English ryneil, from Old English rinelle, rynel, a diminutive of ryne "a stream" (see run (n.)).
  • As in race : noun stream, river
  • As in river : noun waterway
  • As in stream : noun small river
  • As in brook : noun stream of water
  • As in rill : noun stream
  • As in rivulet : noun small river
  • As in creek : noun stream of water
  • As in gutter : noun ditch
Example sentences :
  • Just before him a runnel of water is gliding, and he bends his head to drink.
  • Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 » by Charles H. Sylvester
  • He had a narrow thread of solid path, and he forced me into a runnel.
  • Extract from : « Miss Cayley's Adventures » by Grant Allen
  • When he came again it was on a dark day in November, and every runnel of the fens was swollen.
  • Extract from : « The Path of the King » by John Buchan
  • On our left was the gorge, down which tumbled the runnel of water which I have before mentioned.
  • Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow
  • I went up the field with the lane on my right, down which ran a runnel of water, from which doubtless the house derived its name.
  • Extract from : « Wild Wales » by George Borrow
  • The rock looked exactly like a huge whale lying on its side, with its back turned towards the runnel.
  • Extract from : « Wild Wales » by George Borrow
  • Thus it is possible that a runnel of the blood of "le grand monarque" tripped through Burton's veins.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
  • It took me the whole day to reach the patch,—which I found indeed a forest—but not a rudiment of brook or runnel had I crossed!
  • Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald
  • There are little groves of bamboo and chestnut and willow; and a runnel of water is somewhere—I can hear it.
  • Extract from : « An Englishwoman's Love-Letters » by Anonymous
  • Peebles had disappeared; Dake lay in his rags on the ground; Runnel rocked slowly, like a pendulum, in his ceaseless pain.
  • Extract from : « The Happy End » by Joseph Hergesheimer
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