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mill-leat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪlːiːt/

Meanings

1. An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.
   • […] 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; […] 1832 July 11th, An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. (2 & 3 William IV, c. 64), in The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 & 3 William IV. 1832., London: Printed by His Majesty’s Printers, Schedule (O.), § 9.— County of Devon, Northern Division, Barnstaple, page 339:
   • A newe Milleate or Trench for the Conveyance of the said Water to the said Milles. 1609, An Act for the disuniting of the Parsonages of Asbe and Deane, within the County of Southampton, being presentative and with the Cure of Souls. (Private Act, 7 James I, c. 19), in Records of the House of Lords: Parliament Office: Private Bill Office: Original Acts (1509–2010), § 1:
   • 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. 2013, Rosemary Sutcliff, Knight’s Fee, Random House Children’s Publishers UK, no pagination:
   • Leat or Mill-leat, corruptly Mill-eat, a Trench for conveying Water to or from a Mill. 1706, Edward Phillips, edited by John Kersey, The New World of English Words, s.v. “Leat”:

Forms

Translations (2)

cy cafn melin m pynfarch (artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill) · cy pŵant (Carmarthenshire) (artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill)

wikipedia: Carmarthenshire