riggot

noun

rig·​got

ˈrigət

plural -s

dialectal, England

: a surface drain, especially for rain water : gutter

Word History

Etymology

from obsolete French rigot, from Middle French, probably alteration of rigole drain, irrigation ditch, canal

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