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

Example Sentences

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sudd

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

I think the river has opened a new channel, and that the passage of yesterday will take us to nearly the same spot above the sudd that we reached by another route last year.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The Sudan government, however, sent engineering parties to remove the sudd blocks and open out a continuous waterway.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The steamer and fleet are coming through the sudd as fast as the troops clear the channel.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The water below the sudd was quite clear from floating vegetation, as it had been filtered through this extraordinary obstruction.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir