Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mill-leat

/ˈmɪlːiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: mil-l-leat
IPA: /ˈmɪlːiːt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.

Example Sentences

"A newe Milleate or Trench for the Conveyance of the said Water to the said Milles."
"Leat or Mill-leat, corruptly Mill-eat, a Trench for conveying Water to or from a Mill."
"[…] thence along Hall’s Mill Lane to the Point at which the same meets the Mill Leat; thence along the Mill Leat to the Point at which the same meets Shearford Lane; […]"
"It was not yet dusk, but ’tween-light was blurring the outline of all things, when they came at last, two or maybe three miles down river, to the ford of a stream brawling down from the high chalk, and saw through the smoke-soft screen of willows and alders the gleam of a firelit doorway reflected in the glossy darkness of a mill leat."

Inflected Forms

mill-leats (plural) milleate (alternative) mill leat (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mill-leat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪlːiːt/.
What does mill-leat mean?: An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.

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