streamlet

Etymology

From stream + -let.

noun

  1. A small stream.
    1637, Philemon Holland (translator), Britain by William Camden, London: George Latham, “Kent,” p. 330, Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]
    […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell. 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman & Rees, Volume 1, Preface, p. iii
    I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 19

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