runlet

/ ˈrʌnlɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a cask for wine, beer, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of runlet¹

C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet

Example Sentences

She came to know by heart every path through the park--except that which led to the Great House; she discovered where the foxgloves clustered, where the meadow-sweet fringed the runlet, where the rare bog-bean warned the traveller to look to his footing.

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Many a runlet of Canary has been "passed" here that never paid duty to king or Congress.

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He carried him carefully to the partial shelter of a rock, and propped him up, and gave him water from a runlet close by.

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A runlet of sparkling water babbled down a stone channel in the middle of the street.

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The runlet of brandy was a loving runlet, and floated after us out of pure pity.

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