Definitions
irrigate with water from a sluice
Word origin
From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis.
Used in a sentence
“At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all.”
“Each sluice of affluent fortune open'd soon.”
“This home familiarity […] opens the sluices of sensibility.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Canal gate”6 letters
02“Water-control gate”6 letters
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