Definition of sluice
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
b
: a body of water pent up behind a floodgate
2
: a dock gate : floodgate
3a
: a stream flowing through a floodgate
b
: a channel to drain or carry off surplus water
4
: a long inclined trough usually on the ground
especially
: such a contrivance paved usually with riffles to hold quicksilver for catching gold
sluice
verb
sluiced; sluicing
Definition of sluice (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to draw off by or through a sluice
2a
: to wash with or in water running through or from a sluice
b
: to drench with a sudden flow : flush
3
: to transport (logs) in a sluice
: to pour as if from a sluice
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The first known use of sluice was in the 15th century
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