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run·nel

 (rŭn′əl)
n.
1. A rivulet; a brook.
2. A narrow channel or course, as for water.

[Middle English rynel, from Old English, from rinnan, to run; see rei- in Indo-European roots.]
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runnel

(ˈrʌnəl)
n
(Physical Geography) literary a small stream
[C16: from Old English rynele; related to run]
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run•nel

(ˈrʌn l)

also run•let

(ˈrʌn lɪt)

n.
1. a small stream; rivulet.
2. a small channel, as for water.
[1570–80; alter., by assimilation to run (n.), of rinel, Old English rynel(e), rinnele = rin-, base of run + -el -le]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.runnel - a small streamrunnel - a small stream      
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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And while they talked, the voices of the snow-waters round them diminished one by one as the night- frost choked and clogged the runnels.'
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