leat
Definitions
An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Equivalents
Portuguêslevada
Examples
“His paws rested on a sunken branch. The water moved down, clouded with the mud-stirrings of the leat. He lay⟳ so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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