/²slʉːsə/
OpphavFrom German Low German, from Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Akin to English sluice.
- feminineA sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)
Formerslusa(definite, singular) · sluser(indefinite, plural) · slusene(definite, plural)
Kjelde: Wiktionary