runlet

English

Etymology 1

From run +‎ -let. Compare runnel.

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

1. A small stream or brook.
   • Lowell

     To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.

   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 91:

     She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French rondelet (“roundlet”). More at roundlet.

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

1. (archaic) a wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.