streamlet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Old French -el

Middle English -let

English streamlet

From stream + -let.

streamlet (plural streamlets)

  1. A small stream.
    • 1610, William Camden, “Kent”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 330:
      Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]
    • 1760, Anacreon, “Anacreon, Ode 22”, in James Beattie, transl., Original Poems and Translations, London: […] [F. Douglas?]; and sold by A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, page 76:
      [A] ſtreamlet inviting repoſe / Soft-murmuring vvanders avvay, […]
    • 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons‎[1], London: Longman & Rees, Volume 1, Preface, p. iii:
      […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 19:
      I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie.

small stream

Categories: