brooklet

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Robin trotted his steed to come up with them; then, suddenly spying a brooklet among the trees upon his left hand, found himself mightily athirst.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Before we reach this, we find water on either side of us; that to the west being not from the Cam, but a small tributary brooklet which joins the river near the Great Bridge.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

He hoped, however, to erect a reservoir in which he might collect every little brooklet of living water, from which he might again water the whole world.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

She saw the desert, without an oasis, only the brooklet of tears that meandered far away from whence she had come.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

At the bottom was the dry bed of a small brooklet, with a further shore that sloped gradually up into second-growth timber again.

From The Auto Boys' Vacation by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)