spruit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spruit
1860–65; < Afrikaans < Dutch spruit sprout
Example Sentences
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About half a mile from the site of the outspan ran a spruit or watercourse, the bed of which, deep and yawning, now held but a tiny thread of water, trickling over its sandy bottom.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford
There are three troops of guinea-fowl in those upper kloofs, and the hoek down along the spruit is just swarming with blekbuck.”
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford
The spruit or spring which gives its name to the town was called after one of the emigrant farmers, Jan Bloem.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Parsons to move his guns across the spruit and divert the fire from Hart's brigade during the withdrawal.
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
This farm was a regular oasis in the desert; it was in a pretty little valley, well wooded, through which a running stream, quite unlike the conventional spruit, wandered between old willows.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
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