floodlet

English

Etymology

Fromflood+‎-let.

Noun

floodlet(pluralfloodlets)

1. A smallflood.
   • 1937,Alexander Wanless,Rods on Fast Rivers: An Angling Survey,page83:

     This flood, or ratherfloodlet,was a veritable godsend, because it cleaned the river bed of the accumulated dirt of months and washed away great quantities of insect life which make the trout decline the angler's lure.