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Example sentences from the Web for leatShe could hear Mrs. Leat, the widow who acted as postmistress, walking about over her head. Desperate Remedies|Thomas Hardy Much of the snow that had been removed from the leat had drifted back, and part of the work had to be done over again. The Blizzard in the West|Unknown "Slan leat," repeated the Dark Master and turned his back, gazing down at the fire. Nuala O'Malley|H. Bedford-Jones For nearly twelve hours a gang of men dug at the drift, and succeeded in freeing the leat and saving the town from a water famine. The Blizzard in the West|Unknown
nounBritish a trench or ditch that conveys water to a mill wheel Word Origin for leatOld English -gelǣt (as in wætergelǣt water channel), from let 1 Words nearby leatleast upper bound, leastways, least weasel, leastwise, least-worst, leat, leather, leatherback, leatherback turtle, leather beetle, leather-bottle stomach Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |