douit

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English

Etymology

From Guernsey Norman douit, from Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum. Doublet of duct.

Noun

douit (plural douits)

  1. (Guernsey) A stream or brook.
    • 1965, John Christopher, A Wrinkle in the Skin:
      He crossed the douit and forced his way into the thicket.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 129:
      He said, ‘Didn't you know that every douit and every hedge and every inch and square inch of land on Guernsey is weighed and measured, and has been for centuries?’
    • 1989, Stephen Birnbaum, Birnbaum's Great Britain 1990:
      Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."
    • 2011 May 20, “Blondel turns on the style”, in The Guernsey Press:
      The pair were virtually inseparable over the front nine until Eggo’s second shot on the ninth dived into the douit short of the green not to be seen again.

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum.

Noun

douit m (plural douits)

  1. (Guernsey) water-course, stream; drinking trough
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