rindle

noun

rindle

noun

/ˈɹɪndəl/

Etymology From Middle English rendel and other variants with d of rinel, whence also the more common form runnel: see that entry for more.

1

A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.

  • … a rindle o' wetur wur wheem, …1850 (originally 1740?), Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and …, page 17
  • … sweat running down i' greight rindles …c. 1893, George Milner (editor), Edwin Waugh (author), Heather, in Lancaster Sketches Second Series, page 284 (quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary)

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