riveret

English

Etymology

From river +‎ -et?

Noun

riveret (plural riverets)

1. (obsolete) A rivulet, a small river.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 27:

     Of Cranburn that is call’d; who greatly joyes to see
     A Riveret borne of her, for Stours should reckned bee,

References

• “riveret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rerivet, riveter