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語源

From 中期英語 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”).

名詞

rean (plural reans)

1. A deep furrow used for drainage.

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2. (dialectal) A ridge or baulk.
3. A gutter.

参考

• run
• runnel

Further reading

• “rean”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• nare, eRNA, earn, Nera, Rane, Near, near, Earn, Arne, erna, EARN