Reverse Dictionary: WATERCOURSE

NOUNS
► AA a stream, a watercourse → 1430 obs.
► CANEL ► CANNEL the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now ‘channel’ → a1300 obs.
► EA a river or the channel; a watercourse; also, water generally → 1662 Eng. dial.
► EDDIT an adit, a watercourse → 1807
► GAIN a shallow watercourse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GUTTER a watercourse; a small brook or channel → 1656
► LACHE an occasional watercourse; a narrow ditch; a deep cart-rut; a gutter washed by the tide on the seashore → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► REAN a large open ditch; a main artificial watercourse; a very small stream → 1846 Eng. dial.
► SICHET a small watercourse → c1133 obs.
► SIKET a small watercourse or sike → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SKERTH a small watercourse → 1851 Eng. dial.
► SPRUIT a small stream or watercourse, usually containing little or no water except in the rainy season → 1832 S. Afr.