run|nel

run|nel
run|nel «RUHN uhl», noun.
1. a small stream or brook; rivulet; runlet: »

... hearing no sound except…the various gurgling noises of innumerable runnels (W. H. Hudson).

2. a small channel for water; gutter.
[Old English rynel, related to rinnan run; probably influenced by Middle English runnen run]

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