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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, leat is cognate with let in the sense of " allow to pass through ".

Other names for the same thing include fleam ( probably a leat supplying water to a mill that did not have a millpool ).

In parts of northern England, for example around Sheffield, the equivalent word is goit.

In southern England, a leat used to supply water for water-meadow irrigation is often called a carrier, top carrier, or main.