Synonyms for runnel
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ruhn-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn l |
Top 10 synonyms for runnel Other synonyms for the word runnel
- beck
- bourn
- branch
- brook
- brooklet
- burn
- channel
- conduit
- course
- creek
- crick
- ditch
- drain
- drift
- duct
- fosse
- freshet
- funnel
- gill
- gully
- moat
- race
- raceway
- rill
- rille
- rindle
- river
- rivulet
- runlet
- runnel
- sewer
- sluice
- spate
- spout
- spring
- spritz
- stream
- streamlet
- sulcation
- surge
- tide
- torrent
- trench
- tributary
- trough
- tube
- valley
- watercourse
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
- 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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