sudd

American  

[suhd] / sʌd /

noun

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

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sudd British  

/ sʌd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sudd

1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction

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Example Sentences

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sudd

Before starting, I despatched a letter by a vessel to Suleiman Effendi at the sudd, with orders to commence clearing the channel without loss of time.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

My throat is choked up by the sudd of the Lake!

From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

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 Sir Samuel White Baker

A mile ahead, both channels are closed by a sudd of vegetation, we must thus await until the boats arrive.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

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 Demetrius Charles Boulger

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