rindle

English

Etymology

From Middle English rendel and other variants with d of rinel, whence also the more common form runnel: see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪndəl/

Noun

rindle (plural rindles)

  1. A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.
    • 1850 (originally 1740?), Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and [...], page 17:
      [...] a rindle o' wetur wur wheem, [...]
    • c. 1893, George Milner (editor), Edwin Waugh (author), Heather, in Lancaster Sketches Second Series, page 284 (quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary):
      [...] sweat running down i' greight rindles [...]

References

  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co

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