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Definition of Rivulet

1. Noun. A small stream.

Definition of Rivulet

1. n. A small stream or brook; a streamlet.

Definition of Rivulet

1. Noun. A small brook or stream; a streamlet. ¹

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Definition of Rivulet

1. a small stream [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivulet

Literary usage of Rivulet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"Penza, on the river Sura, where it receives the rivulet ... on a rivulet falling into Sofna. 10. Kalitva, on the rivulet Kalitva, falling into the Don. 9. ..."

2. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"Pass the rivulet which separates Spain and Portugal. ... Upon ascending the bank of the rivulet we came in sight of Badajoz and its long narrow bridge over ..."

3. The Gypsy Trail: An Anthology for Campers by Mary Hopkins, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1914)
"With rapid steps he went Beneath the shade of trees, beside the flow Of the wild babbling rivulet; and now The forest's solemn canopies were changed For the ..."

4. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1911)
"THE rivulet Run, little rivulet, run ! Summer is fairly begun. Bear to the meadow the hymn of the pines, And the echo that rings where the waterfall shines; ..."

5. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1879)
"FROM "THE rivulet." AND I shall sleep; and on thy side, As ages after ages glide, And pass to hoary age, and die. Children their early sports shall try, ..."

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