runnelledrunneledadj.
/ˈrʌnld/, U.S. /ˈrən(ə)ld/ Having or marked with runnels; furrowed, rutted; streaked. Sometimes with preceding modifying noun.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > having liquid flowing (down) in streams
guttering1697
runnelled1876
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved
channelled?a1425
guttered1562
chamfered1565
channelured1578
fluted1611
furrowy1611
furrowed1615
striated1646
striate1678
struck1678
cannulated1696
canaliculated1751
grooved1793
goffered1860
cannelured1872
runnelled1876
rilled1899
1876 R. D. Joyce Deirdrè 86 Many a weary day by field and flood And broad stream-runnelled plain, since that wild night, We saw.
1896 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XXXII. 85 The large square pews, with their runnelled divisions.
1901 S. Doubleday At Temple Gates 49 In the blithe June time, when the runneled mead Set the thrush calling.
1947 New Writing 31 164 Their faces were black with coal dust, runnelled with sweat.
1988 ‘B. Vine’ House of Stairs (1989) xiv. 192 She looked tired and worn, the make-up she wore runnelled and smeared, her hair lank.
2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Sept. (Mag. section) 16 He shows me a runneled path he and his friends like to ride their bikes along.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1876