runnel
noun/ˈrʌnl/
/ˈrʌnl/
(formal or literary)- a small stream or channel
- The tears made runnels down her make-up.
- the dark alleyways and runnels of the city
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a brook or rill): variant of dialect rindle, influenced by the verb run.
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