English Explanatory Dictionary

rean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deep furrow used for drainage.
  2. A ridge or baulk.
  3. A gutter.

Word forms

rean reans reann reen reene rheen raen raheen rain rane rayne reang reayne reean reend rheaan rhind rhine rian rine ryan ryen ryn

Etymology

From Middle English rene, rein (“strip of land forming a boundary; furrow; barrier; embankment”), from Old Norse rein (“a strip of land”), from Proto-Germanic *rainō (“baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”). Related to Icelandic rein, Danish ren, Dutch rein, reen (“berm”), German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”).

Related words

run runnel
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