Meanings
plural douits
- GuernseyA stream or brook.
He crossed the douit and forced his way into the thicket.
1965, John Christopher, A Wrinkle in the Skin3 more examples
He said, ‘Didn't you know that every douit and every hedge and every inch and square inch of land on Guernsey is weighed and measured, and has been for centuries?’
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 129Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."
1989, Stephen Birnbaum, Birnbaum's Great Britain 1990The pair were virtually inseparable over the front nine until Eggo’s second shot on the ninth dived into the douit short of the green not to be seen again.
2011 May 20, “Blondel turns on the style”, in The Guernsey Press
Origin
- Latinductum
- Old Frenchduit
- Anglo-Normanduit
- Normandouit
- Englishdouit
From Guernsey Norman douit, from Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum. Doublet of duct.
More words from Norman, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
douit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/douit
“douit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/douit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “douit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/douit.
Source: douit on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.