Rill
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪl/Rhymes: -ɪl
Noun
rill
(plural rills)- A very small brook; a streamlet.
- 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, :So twice five miles of fertile groundWith walls and towers were girdled round:And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;And here were forests ancient as the hills,Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
- (planetology) Alternative form of rille
Full definition of rill
Verb
- To run a small stream.