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runnelling

runnelling is the present participle and gerund of runnel.

Meaning of runnel

Verb

runnel (third-person singular simple present runnels, present participle (US) runneling or (UK) runnelling, simple past and past participle (US) runneled or (UK) runnelled)

  1. To create channels for directing the flow of liquid.
    • Not all saltmarshes are suited to habitat modification, but where they are, runnelling provides long-term and cost-effective control with minor non-target impacts.2009, Neil Saintilan, Australian Saltmarsh Ecology, →ISBN, page 176

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Questions about runnelling

What is runnelling the present participle and gerund of?
Runnelling is the present participle and gerund of runnel.

Words near runnelling in the dictionary

  1. runnel
  2. runneled
  3. runneling
  4. runnelkarren
  5. runnelled
  6. runnelling
  7. runnels
  8. Runnels County
  9. Runnemede
  10. runner
  11. runner bean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runnelling (page history and authors); runnel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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