A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea.
The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".
[1] It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys.
Examples of the freestanding use of "kill" are: "Kill" is also joined with a noun to create a composite name for a place or body of water: The single 'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g. Dordtsche Kil, Sluiskil, or Kil van Hurwenen.
It can occasionally be found in North America.