spruitn.

Brit.

/spreɪt/, U.S.

/ˈspru(ɪ)t/,

/spreɪt/, South African English

/spreɪt/,

/ˈsprʊɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch spruit.

Etymology: < Dutch spruit small watercourse, stream (1652; in later use chiefly in South Africa), specific sense of spruit shoot, offshoot (see sprout n.²).

South African.

A small stream or watercourse, usually containing little or no water except in the rainy season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > intermittent

winterbourneeOE

sitchOE

sikec1330

eylebournc1480

vipseys1610

periodical stream1804

spruit1832

regime1837

wadi1839

skerth1851

khor1884

oued1920

chaung1945

jube1948

1832 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 13 Apr. 62 They were joined by Lieut. Warden and his party.., who had been ordered to come over the back of the mountains and rendezvous at the Spruits of the Keiskamma.

1873 F. Oates Jrnl. 26 Sept. in C. G. Oates Matabele Land (1881) 66 Where we outspanned the boys made a fire in the hollow bed of a spruit.

1876 M. A. Barker Year's Housek. S. Afr. viii. 150 A real river, not..a capricious spruit, sometimes a ditch, and sometimes a lake.

1934 B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days 99 The steady rain swelled all streams, so that spruits were converted into rivers, and rivers became torrents.

1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 2 Hills and valleys, spruits and rivers, grass and trees—all combined to present a most charming variety of landscape views.

2017 Pretoria News Weekend (Nexis) 14 Oct. 9 Sundry items which had been dumped somewhere upstream are washed along..and come to rest in the spruit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spruit
释义	spruitn. Brit. /spreɪt/, U.S. /ˈspru(ɪ)t/, /spreɪt/, South African English /spreɪt/, /ˈsprʊɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch spruit. Etymology: < Dutch spruit small watercourse, stream (1652; in later use chiefly in South Africa), specific sense of spruit shoot, offshoot (see sprout n.²). South African. A small stream or watercourse, usually containing little or no water except in the rainy season. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > intermittent winterbourneeOE sitchOE sikec1330 eylebournc1480 vipseys1610 periodical stream1804 spruit1832 regime1837 wadi1839 skerth1851 khor1884 oued1920 chaung1945 jube1948 1832 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 13 Apr. 62 They were joined by Lieut. Warden and his party.., who had been ordered to come over the back of the mountains and rendezvous at the Spruits of the Keiskamma. 1873 F. Oates Jrnl. 26 Sept. in C. G. Oates Matabele Land (1881) 66 Where we outspanned the boys made a fire in the hollow bed of a spruit. 1876 M. A. Barker Year's Housek. S. Afr. viii. 150 A real river, not..a capricious spruit, sometimes a ditch, and sometimes a lake. 1934 B. I. Buchanan Pioneer Days 99 The steady rain swelled all streams, so that spruits were converted into rivers, and rivers became torrents. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 2 Hills and valleys, spruits and rivers, grass and trees—all combined to present a most charming variety of landscape views. 2017 Pretoria News Weekend (Nexis) 14 Oct. 9 Sundry items which had been dumped somewhere upstream are washed along..and come to rest in the spruit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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