sluice — sluËs n. manmade water channel equipped with a valve or gate for regulating water flow; valve or gate used to regulate water flow; water flow controlled by a sluice; trough, water channel used to transport objects (i.e. logs) v. open a sluice… … English contemporary dictionary
sluice — [slo͞os] n. [ME scluse < OFr escluse & LL exclusa < fem. pp. of L excludere, to shut out, EXCLUDE] 1. an artificial channel or passage for water, having a gate or valve at its head to regulate the flow, as in a canal or millstream 2. the… … English World dictionary
Sluice — Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sluice — /slus / (say sloohs) noun 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, fitted with a sluicegate. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluicegate. 3. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. 4. a channel,… …
sluice — sluicelike, adj. /sloohs/, n., v., sluiced, sluicing. n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate … Universalium
sluice — [[t]slus[/t]] n. v. sluiced, sluic•ing 1) civ an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate(sluice′ gate )at the upper end for regulating the flow 2) civ the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate 3) civ a… … From formal English to slang
sluice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin, feminine of exclusus, past participle of excludere to exclude Date: 15th century 1. a. an artificial passage for water… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sluice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. channel (see egress, conduit). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A gate] Syn. floodgate, conduit, lock, watergate; see gate . 2. [A trough] Syn. sluiceway, moat, ditch; see channel 1 , trench 1 . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
trough — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. manger, hutch, bin; trench, ditch, furrow. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dip, channel, ditch, gutter, eavestrough, depression between waves, hollow, cup; see also hole 2 . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
ground sluice — noun : a channel or trough in the ground through which auriferous earth is sluiced for placer mining * * * ground sluicer, n. Mining. a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and… … Useful english dictionary