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ˈrummel dial. Also rummle. [variant of rammel n.1] 1. (See quot. and rammel n.1 4.)
c1850J. Gibbs in Ure Dict. Arts (1853) I. 393 The materials which I extract from the lias formation, locally called ‘rummell’..at Barrow-on-Soar, in Leicestershire, is an especial bed of marly limestone, found above and separated from all the lias beds of limestone in that district. 2. rummel-cundy, rummel-drain (see quots.).
1853Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. ii. 314 [He] drained at first with stones, these drains being what are termed Scottice rummle drains. 1894Hetten-le-hole (Durh.) Gloss., Rummle cundy, a ditch filled up with loose stones, for water to drain through. |