rean

English

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, related to Icelandic rein, Old Danish rēn, German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”).

Noun

rean (plural reans)

  1. A deep furrow used for drainage
  2. (dialectal) A ridge or baulk
  3. A gutter.

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

rean

  1. definite singular of rea
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