streamlet

[ streem-lit ]

noun

1. a small stream; rivulet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of streamlet¹

First recorded in 1545–55; stream + -let

Example Sentences

By the time they had shrugged off their coats, the glacier streamlet that was still covered by a thin layer of ice in the morning had turned into a bubbling stream of melting water.

From Washington Post

They sledded seventy miles up the Yukon, swung to the left into the Stewart River, passed the Mayo and the McQuestion, and held on until the Stewart itself became a streamlet, threading the upstanding peaks which marked the backbone of the continent.

From Literature

Ricks nudges the bow of the boat into the mouth of a narrow streamlet shooting off the main creek.

From Washington Times

We could distinguish no streamlet, no jetty, and all distances seemed one.

From Literature

Here it came out of the rock in a little falling streamlet, and flowed across the path, and turning south ran away swiftly to be lost among the dead stones.

From Literature