Runlet vs Runnet - What's the difference?
runlet | runnet |
A small stream or brook.
* Lowell
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 91:
As nouns the difference between runlet and runnet
is that runlet is a small stream or brook or runlet can be (archaic) a wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons while runnet is .runlet
English
Etymology 1
From . Compare (l).Noun
(en noun)- To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
- She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.
