sluitn.
/sluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/, U.S. /slut/, /ˈsluɪt/, South African English /sluːt/, /slʊət/ South African.
A channel, ditch, or gully, usually one formed by heavy rain and dry during the greater part of the year.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > watercourse or channel
runeOE
sitchOE
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sichetc1133
guttera1300
siket1300
sikec1330
watergate1368
gole?a1400
gotea1400
flout14..
aa1430
trough1513
guta1552
race1570
lode1572
canala1576
ditch1589
trink1592
leam1601
dike1616
runlet1630
stell1651
nullah1656
course1665
drain1700
lade1706
droke1772
regimen1797
draught1807
adit1808
sluit1818
thalweg1831
runway1874
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > notch or channel
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sluit1818
overflow channel1863
overflow1883
swilly1899
spillway1914
flute1935
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β. 1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. x. 187 It has..water in abundance, brought by a slote, or canal, from a considerable distance.1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld iv. 33 Going one dark night to a friend's house, and keeping in the middle of the road to avoid the ‘sloots’, I stumbled over..a large black ox.1864 Lady Duff-Gordon in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1862–3 157 There is no water but what runs down the streets in the sloot, a paved channel, which brings the water from the mountain and supplies the houses and gardens.1889 F. Oates Matabele-Land 198 In crossing a small ‘sloot’ one of the wheels gave way.1897 A. Howarth Jan xxiv Beds of wild yellow marigolds glorified every little hollow and sloet.1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 30 On coming into a mud sluit..the sudden check of the wagon threw me off.
1882 Times of Natal 8 June About 3,900 yards of the sluits remain uncovered.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xvii. 453 One evening I heard the old brute moving in the sluit, close to the camp.
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