sudd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sudd
1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction
Example Sentences
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He had also commenced a great work, according to the orders he had received from the Khedive, to remove the sudd or obstruction to the navigation of the great White Nile.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
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
As the steamers made southing, the river became narrower and the obstacles to navigation more serious—floating islands of weeds and banked sudd blocking the fairway, leaving it but 50 yards or less in width.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
At 10.45 the diahbeeah made sail, and after two miles was delayed by a small sudd.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
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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