rindle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪndəl/

Noun

rindle (plural rindles)

1. A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.
   • 1850 (originally 1740?), Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and [...], page 17:

     [...] a rindle o' wetur wur wheem, [...]

   • c. 1893, George Milner (editor), Edwin Waugh (author), Heather, in Lancaster Sketches Second Series, page 284 (quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary):

     [...] sweat running down i' greight rindles [...]

References

• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co

Anagrams

• Linder, Redlin, Reindl, drelin