Definition/Meaning of sluice

• English - Noun: sluice ( plural sluices ) An artificial passage for water , fitted with a valve or gate , as in a mill stream , for stopping or regulating the flow; also , a water gate or flood gate . Hence , an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply . (Can we date this quote?) Harte Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon . (Can we date this quote?) I . Taylor This home…
• English - Verb: sluice ( third-person singular simple present sluices , present participle sluicing , simple past and past participle sluiced ) ( rare ) To emit by , or as by , flood gates . (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?) To wet copiously , as by opening a sluice; as , to sluice meadows . (Can we find and add a quotation of Howitt to this entry?) (Can we date this quote?) De Quincey…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English sluse , alteration of scluse , from Anglo-Norman escluse , from Late Latin exclusa , from Latin exclÅ«sus , form of exclÅ«dō ( “ I shut out , I exclude ” ) (English exclude ).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /sluːs/ Rhymes: -uːs
• English - Quotations: For usage examples of this term , see the citations page .