rill

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small stream or brook, often a shallow channel of water

   The rain created a rill that flowed down the hillside.

2. 2
   noun

   a narrow, shallow incision on the surface of the ground, typically formed by running water

   The landscape was marked by rills carved into the soil.

rill (Modern English, 'small brook or stream'); from Proto-Germanic _rīth-_ ('stream; brook'), via Old High German _rīla_ and Middle High German _rille_ ('small stream').

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