rean

Meaning

1. A deep furrow used for drainage.
2. A ridge or baulk.
3. A gutter.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rene

Cognate with Icelandic: rein

Cognate with German: Rain

In summary

From Middle English rene, rein (“strip of land forming a boundary; furrow; barrier; embankment”), from Old Norse rein (“a strip of land”), from Proto-Germanic *rainō, related to Icelandic rein, Old Danish rēn, German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”).