leat

British

/ liːt /

noun

a trench or ditch that conveys water to a mill wheel

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Etymology

Origin of leat

Old English -gelǣt (as in wætergelǣt water channel), from _let ¹

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leat

At leat 101,000 cusomters in Louisiana were without power by early Saturday afternoon.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2019

But at the rate they are devouring their green stuff there will not be a leat, scarcely a stem left in another hour; and then?

From Birds in Town and Village by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

One would think that everyone knew which of these types of people he would belong to, or at leat, everyone should feel obliged to think about this.

From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch

The stamps were erected, with the water-wheel to work them; the stream dammed a hundred yards up, and a leat constructed to bring the water down to the wheel.

From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

I may never see thee more, mo run, but with each breath I draw Thou art still to me mavourneen, so an slainte leat gu bragh.

From Verses and Rhymes By the Way by Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall

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