sluit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sluit
1860–65; < Afrikaans sloot < Dutch: ditch
Example Sentences
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A falcon, hovering over the heads of our burghers in the sluit, was hit by a bullet from one of the shrapnel shells and fell dead to the ground in the midst of the men.
From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf
The streams of the South African plateau, whether river, spruit, sluit, or donga, have, in addition to their extreme variability, another marked and almost universal peculiarity.
From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
They were taking advantage of a sluit or furrow—crawling like serpents along in this precarious shelter.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
In front the said ground, perfectly open, sloped away gently to a sluit, constituting a first-rate arena for a rough-and-tumble.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram
Max and Oom Schulpad wended back to Namies, and, with a couple of spades which they took out of the shop, soon dug a grave in the sluit at the back of the little kopje.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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