riverett (riveret)

[OF. rivierette (cf. equiv. riverotte), dim. of riviere, a river: see river2.] A small river; a rivulet. How Arden of her Rills and Riverets doth dispose. Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 237. May not he justly disdain that the least riveret should be drained another way? Rev. S. Ward , Sermons, p. 77. river-flat (riv'er-flat), n. The alluvial plain adjacent to a river; bottom; interval; inter vale. [New Eng.]