ground sluice

noun

, Mining.

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

Other Words From

• ground-sluicer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ground sluice¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

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