noun
- a small stream or watercourse
Usage: chiefly British; dialectal
Examples
- The old mill stood beside a narrow sike that flowed through the valley.
- Children played by the sike, catching minnows in the shallow water.
- The sike dried up during the summer drought.
- A wooden bridge crossed the sike near the farmhouse.
- The sike wound its way through the meadow toward the river.