rockletn.
/ˈrɒklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈrɑklət/ A small rock, esp. one projecting out of the sea.
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1805 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. §2688 The Island Rock has another naked Islet Rocklet at its Summit.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 567/1 The silver brook, by faery flung From tiny rocklet on the mountain's side.
1868 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 230 Up to the heights, almost up to the protruding rocklets.
1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 109 A reef of black-headed, slippery rocklets.
1920 Man 20 47 This bird arrives in great numbers to breed upon Motu Nui, a small detached rocklet.
1999 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 21Mar. (Features) 7 Islets off the west coast of Scotland or Ireland, skerries in the Scillies or rocklets along the Norwegian coast sounded far too cold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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