rhine

noun — 2 senses

rhine

noun

/ɹaɪn/

Etymology From Old English ryne. See run.

1

UK, Dialectal A watercourse; a ditch for water.

the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

2

A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.

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