different between rundlet vs runlet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ndl?t/

Noun

rundlet (plural rundlets)

1. A small barrel of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
2. A measure for liquids, as for wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:

     Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

Anagrams

• trundle

English

Etymology 1

From run +? -let. Compare runnel.

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

1. A small stream or brook.
   • 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Milton

     To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.

   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 91:

     She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.

Etymology 2

From Middle English roundelet, from Old French rondelet (“roundlet”). More at roundlet.

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

1. (archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.