/ˈsluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/
OriginBorrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.
- South-AfricaA ditch.
- South-Africa, archaicAn irrigation channel.
“Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running.”
Formssloots(plural) · sluit(alternative)