sloot

/ (sluːt) /

noun

Southern African a ditch for irrigation or drainage

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Word Origin for sloot

from Afrikaans, from Dutch sluit, sluis sluice

Words nearby sloot

slo-mo, sloop, sloop of war, sloop rig, sloop-rigged, sloot, slop, slop around, slop basin, slop bucket, slop chest

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Example sentences from the Web for sloot

On getting all that was needed for my neighbors and myself the sled was heaped up; we walked, Sloot driving.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825|Gordon Sellar
April 3—Jabez with Sloot came this morning to start burning our fallow, and before dark we had made great progress.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825|Gordon Sellar
Sept. 12—Sloot and all hands were up at sunrise to set fire to the brushpiles.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825|Gordon Sellar
June 3—Gordon along with Sloot came this evening to help in raising the barns.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825|Gordon Sellar

It was also strange, he sitting there in that sloot in that up-country plain!
The Story of an African Farm|(AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner

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