sudd

[suhd]

noun

(in the White Nile) floating vegetable matter that often obstructs navigation.

Origin of sudd

1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction

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Historical Examples of sudd

There was found to be large quantities of grass weed and sudd in the Nile at no great distance from Fashoda.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898
Bennet Burleigh
The sudd, it is supposed, stopped the advance of the Roman centurions who were sent up the Nile in the days of Nero.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)
S. Rappoport
Baker cut through fifty miles of the sudd, and urged the khdive to reopen the Nile.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)
S. Rappoport
The sudd was found to be piled up and of almost as close a structure as peat.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)
S. Rappoport
Their advance was impeded by the sudd, and, after writing discouraging reports, their attempt was abandoned.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)
S. Rappoport

British Dictionary definitions for sudd

sudd

noun

floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

Word Origin for sudd

C19: from Arabic, literally: obstruction

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