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单词 ground sluice
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ground sluice


noun Mining.

a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.

Origin of ground sluice

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM ground sluice

ground-sluicer, noun

Words nearby ground sluice

groundsheet, groundside, groundsill, groundskeeper, ground sloth, ground sluice, groundsman, groundspeed, ground squirrel, ground state, ground stroke
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Example sentences from the Web for ground sluice

  • After the dirt has all been put through the ground-sluice, it is cleaned up in a short board-sluice, or a tom.

    Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining|John S. Hittell
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