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douit

douit noun: a stream or brook.

Noun

douit (plural douits)

  1. (Guernsey) A stream or brook.
    • He crossed the douit and forced his way into the thicket.1965, John Christopher, A Wrinkle in the Skin
    • 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 129

Examples of douit in a sentence

  • Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."1989, Stephen Birnbaum, Birnbaum's Great Britain 1990:
  • The 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:

Forms of douit

pluraldouits

Origin of douit

From Guernsey Norman douit, from Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum. Doublet of duct.

Questions about douit

What does douit mean?
Douit means a stream or brook.
How do you use douit in a sentence?
Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."
What part of speech is douit?
Douit is a noun.
What is the plural of douit?
The plural of douit is douits.

Words near douit in the dictionary

  1. dougong
  2. dougying
  3. Douhal
  4. Douhan
  5. douhua
  6. douit
  7. douits
  8. doujin
  9. doujin circle
  10. doujin circles
  11. doujin event

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