leat
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of leat
Old English -gelǣt (as in wætergelǣt water channel), from let 1
Example Sentences
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At leat 101,000 cusomters in Louisiana were without power by early Saturday afternoon.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2019
This "leat" was left incomplete, the terminus being three miles from St. Paul's; the Governor-General José de Oliveira Barbosa, attempted to restore it, but was prevented by considerations of cost.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
All had to be ready at any moment to leap from the tree and join issue with the enemy on the leat.
From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley
An easy way of getting to the leat at the foot of the fields was to walk there, but by the time he was eight Scott scorned the easy ways.
From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley
Olc air mhath leat e, whether you take it well or ill.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
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