binnekill

English

Etymology

    From Dutch binnen (“inside”) + kil (“creek, kill”).

    Noun

    binnekill (plural binnekills)

    1. (Catskill region of New York State) The backwater portion of a stream or remnant of an old stream bed.
    • kill (“creek or other waterway”)
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