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
By Rhinefield and by Osmondsleigh,Through leat and furze brake fast drove he,Until he saw the homeless sea, That called with all its waves O!
From Andromeda and Other Poems by Charles Kingsley
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
Well, it is all there, somehow, flowing inside life, like a stream that is added to a river, not like a leat drawn aside from the current.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
He had been showing his guests how superbly he could jump the leat, and had fallen into it.
From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley
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