noun
nailbourne
Nailbourne (noun) means a stream running over chalk that only has water in it some of the time.
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A stream running over chalk that only has water in it some of the time.
"Ospringe Street. This was associated with a nailbourne (an intermittently flowing chalk stream) which sometimes ran from Kennaways into the lake at Whitehill and from there to Faversham Creek, via Water Lane and the Davington Ponds."
— Peter J. Kennett, Faversham From Old Photographs (2009)
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Etymology
From nail + bourne (“seasonal stream or brook”). The etymology of the first part is uncertain. It may derive from ail via a rebracketing of an ailbourne as a nailbourne; compare similar cases such as English newt and nickname.
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"nailbourne" (noun) means a stream running over chalk that only has water in it some of the time.
