douit

douit

English

Etymology

From Guernsey Norman douit, from Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum. Doublet of duct.

Noun

douit (plural douits)

1. (Guernsey) A stream or brook.
   • 1965, John Christopher, A Wrinkle in the Skin:

     He crossed the douit and forced his way into the thicket.

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 129:

     He said, ‘Didn't you know that every douit and every hedge and every inch and square inch of land on Guernsey is weighed and measured, and has been for centuries?’

   • 1989, Stephen Birnbaum, Birnbaum's Great Britain 1990:

     Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."

   • 2011, ‘Blondel turns on the style’, The Guernsey Press, 20 May 2011:

     The pair were virtually inseparable over the front nine until Eggo’s second shot on the ninth dived into the douit short of the green not to be seen again.

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Norman

Alternative forms

• douët (Jersey)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum.

Noun

douit m (plural douits)

1. (Guernsey) water-course, stream; drinking trough