sudd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudd
1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction
Example Sentences
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My throat is choked up by the sudd of the Lake!
From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles
We returned to the junction, and passed the night at a sudd half a mile up our old channel.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
We steamed thirteen hours from Tewfikeeyah, with the tender and diahbeeah in tow, and reached the old sudd about twelve miles beyond the Bahr Giraffe junction.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Like the Bahr-el-Jebel the Bahr-el-Ghazal is liable to be choked by sudd.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The "sudd," an accumulation of mould and aquatic plants which had formed into a solid mass and obstructed all navigation, had suddenly given way, and restored communication with Gondokoro and the lakes.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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