sluit
[sloot]
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noun
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
Origin of sluit
1860–65; < Afrikaans sloot < Dutch: ditch
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Historical Examples of sluit
Hiding away in sluit and river-bed and thorn thicket, every step of their flight had been attended with peril.
John Ames, Native CommissionerBertram Mitford
I crouched down in the sluit by the roadside and lay perfectly still—still as a hare—until the moon went in again.
AlettaBertram Mitford
At the point where the drift cuts the sluit the nullah is broad and extensive.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V (of VI)Louis Creswicke
In front the said ground, perfectly open, sloped away gently to a sluit, constituting a first-rate arena for a rough-and-tumble.
Harley Greenoak's ChargeBertram Mitford
I despatched General Froneman to hold the river bank, and the sluit which descended to the river from the north.
Three Years' WarChristiaan Rudolf de Wet