noun
definition
A small stream, a rivulet.
verb
definition
To create channels for directing the flow of liquid.
Examples of runnel in a Sentence
Alcock "observed one of these crabs drinking from a runnel of rain-water, by dipping the fingers of one of its chelipeds into the water and then carrying the wet fingers to its mouth."
Start on a flat boulder at the base of the slab, step left off this and climb a shallow runnel to a ledge.
Starts up a steep and narrow ice runnel to gain easier ground and the final section of King's Ransom.
Starts up a steep and narrow ice runnel to gain easier ground and the final section of King 's Ransom.
If the irrigator neglected to repair his dyke, or left his runnel open and caused a flood, he had to make good the damage done to his neighbours' crops, or be sold with his family to pay the cost.