leat

Meaning

Noun

an artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace

Origin

Probably from Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣte, as in Old English wæterġelǣt, from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą. Cognate with Old High German gilāz, German Gelass. Related to English let.

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