Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
runnel .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word runnels.
Examples
-
Think about Day 4, after the air conditioning has dropped a bit and the chest has begun to sink into itself in runnels of oozing fat.
-
She shook him, and rainwater sluiced off his suit in runnels to the ground.
Rogue Oracle 2011
-
The top of the main peak was flat and black, and runnels of water, mud, trees, and boulders were streaming down its sides.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
-
You won't read it in Debrett's, but the eccentric duchess, wanting to improve her "Greek" profile, had a then-fashionable injection of wax, which went wrong and resulted in dragon-like runnels down her face.
Peerless Titles Paul Levy 2011
-
In India people use squat toilets or just squat over ditches and runnels, depending on the area.
Traveling in India: Frightful Flights « Colleen Anderson 2010
-
She shook him, and rainwater sluiced off his suit in runnels to the ground.
Rogue Oracle 2011
-
I allow myself another indulgence and pull my arm back beneath the downy lightness and let my fingers meander across the mattress, slide over the sheet and negotiate the rucks and runnels made by our loving.
A Black Night Deborah Rickard 2011
-
We could just barely make out the twin runnels of tire marks from some car or truck now long gone, passing over the hill.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
-
We could just barely make out the twin runnels of tire marks from some car or truck now long gone, passing over the hill.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
-
He reared up and wiped at his face, clawing deep runnels in his own forehead and cheeks as he wiped away whatever Marty had thrown.
30 Days Of Night TIM LIBBON 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.