rindle

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/ˈɹɪndəl/

noun

A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.

OriginMiddle English rendel →
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Meanings

nounrindle (plural rindles)

plural rindles

  1. A small stream or rivulet; a watercourse or gutter.

    … a rindle o' wetur wur wheem, …

    1850 (originally 1740?), Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and …, page 17
    1 more example

    … sweat running down i' greight rindles …

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rithriver

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrendel
  2. Englishrindle

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

More words from Middle English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LinderRedlinReindldrelin
Cite this entry
APA

rindle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rindle

MLA

“rindle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rindle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rindle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rindle.

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