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mill-leat

/ˈmɪlːiːt/

mill-leat noun: an artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.

Noun

mill-leat (plural mill-leats)

  1. An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.
    • A newe Milleate or Trench for the Conveyance of the said Water to the said Milles.1609, An Act for the disuniting of the Parsonages of Asbe and Deane, within the County of Southampton, being presentative and with the Cure of Souls. (Private Act, 7 James I, c. 19), in Records of...
    • Leat or Mill-leat, corruptly Mill-eat, a Trench for conveying Water to or from a Mill.1706, Edward Phillips, edited by John Kersey, The New World of English Words, s.v. “Leat”

Forms of mill-leat

pluralmill-leats
alternative formmilleate
alternative formmill leat

Questions about mill-leat

What does mill-leat mean?
Mill-leat means an artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.
What part of speech is mill-leat?
Mill-leat is a noun.
How do you pronounce mill-leat?
Mill-leat is pronounced /ˈmɪlːiːt/.
What is the plural of mill-leat?
The plural of mill-leat is mill-leats.

Words near mill-leat in the dictionary

  1. mill-cake
  2. mill-cakes
  3. mill-drill
  4. mill-drills
  5. mill-hunky
  6. mill-leat
  7. mill-leats
  8. mill-race
  9. mill-races
  10. mill-sixpence
  11. mill-sixpences

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