Fleet

fleet English River +<dab!> Etymology From en fleet stream, estuary. Pronunciation en /fliːt/ en iːt 1 en fleet Proper noun en A <<river>> (the River Fleet) in <<city/London>>, <<cc/England>>, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street. en 2012 Andrew Martin Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube Profile Books, 978-1846684777 29 This is hard-core London, and just before Farringdon station you will be able to glimpse the vast steel pipe that carries what was the Fleet River and is now the Fleet sewer over your head.The Fleet looks safely contained now, although you never know. It surprises me that no terrorist has made common cause with the surly and embittered Fleet, which, in Peter Ackroyd's words became 'a river of death' as it sidled through the meanest streets of London en route to the Thames. A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream. en river , the Water of Fleet, in carea/Dumfries and Galloway cc/Scotland. en river carea/Highland cc/Scotland which flows into x/Loch Fleet. en town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/Hart co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU8054. Parish map (Hampshire) en village/and/cpar in dist/South Holland co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref TF3823. Parish map (Lincolnshire) en hamlet p/Alberta c/Canada. en. Derived terms en Fleet Ditch Fleet marriage Fleet Marston Fleet parson Fleet Prison Fleet Street Gatehouse of Fleet<qq:Scotland> Loch Fleet References Anagrams en eeflt felte lefte East Central German Etymology Compare de Flöte. Noun gmw-ecg noun plural Fleetn gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch flute gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch informal vulgar penis, dick Further reading 43 gmw-ecg Anatomy Genitalia German Etymology From de nds-de - and de gml vlēt, from de osx fliot, from de gmw-pro *fleut, from de gem-pro *fleutą stream, river. Cognate to nl vliet, en fleet. Pronunciation de /fleːt/ de De-Fleet.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n a watercourse through marshland a kind of city canal similar to the nl gracht, found in Hamburg and some other northern German cities Declension n Hunsrik Etymology From hrx gmh vloite, from hrx dum floite, from hrx fro fleüte. Pronunciation Noun f Fleete hrx music flute hrx Kannst-du Fleet spiele? Can you play the flute? Further reading 56 hrx Woodwind instruments