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Webster 1913 Edition

Runlet

Run′let

,
Noun.
[
Run
+
-let
.]
A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
To trace out to its marshy source every
runlet
that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
Lowell.

Run′let

,
Noun.
Same as
Rundlet
.
“A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary.”
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Runlet

RUN'LET

,
Noun.
[from round.] A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.

Definition 2024

runlet

runlet

English

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.

Etymology

From run +‎ -let. Compare runnel.

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