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Meaning of leat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
liːt

Definitions

An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Equivalents

Português levada

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.
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See also

Leath Leatham leather leather and prunella leather carp leather cheerio

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