vlei

British  

/ vleɪ, fleɪ /

noun

1. an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream

2. dialect  a marsh

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Etymology

Origin of vlei

C19: from Afrikaans (for sense 1); from obsolete N American Dutch dialect (for sense 2): _valley

Example Sentences

On the right, a hundred and fifty yards from the tall, oak-like motjeerie tree, which every hunter knows, lies a deep depression, which, fed by the overflow of the Lake River, assumes the aspect of a handsome lagoon, at some seasons full and deep, at others a mere shallow vlei.

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According to his theory these great carnivora are as readily bagged as wild duck at a vlei.

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Meanwhile we had from day to day gone farther and farther from Reitz, and on Sunday, 6th January, we crossed Liebenberg's Vlei and remained that night on the bank of that river not far from Leeuw Kop.

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Their object was, however, chiefly to capture President Steyn and General de Wet, and also to regain possession of the guns taken by us at Groen Kop, which, since the 25th of December, had been conveyed about from one place to another between Liebenberg's Vlei and Wilge River.

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The guns were captured at Roode Kraal, Liebenberg's Vlei, on the 4th of February.

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