Meaning of sluit | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of sloot.

South-Africa, alt-of, alternative

Examples

“At the distance of about sixty yards from me the deer stopped in the open⟳ sluit...”

“Referring to the sketch⟳, the patches in green represent⟳ the relative amount of land⟳ under irrigation, as compared with the extent of the various farms, which are watered each by its own⟳ water-sluit. These sluits have⟳ no dam-head or weir to hold⟳ a supply⟳. The stream is merely guided into them, at any convenient place⟳, by a few stones, sticks, and sods, which the first flood⟳ carries away, and which are not replaced till the water is again required for irrigation.”

“1908 The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope⟳ The ideal sluit-stopper seems to me a strong growing grass — not too much relished by stock⟳, yet good food, a good rooter, working side shoots underground, and bearing close⟳ cropping, when required for food. If too much relished by stock⟳, its value as a sluit-stopper and filler will be diminished. It must be tough, yet bendable when the sluit comes down, holding its own⟳ until the storm passes.”

“1938 Prevention of Soil Erosion. Farming in So. Africa 3 : 965. September 1928. The author discusses practical steps toward preventing soil erosion. After defining the different kinds of erosion he discusses the question⟳ of slope and its treatment including crops and permanent pasture, Mangum or ridge terraces and their construction, equipment, and cost⟳. Methods of preventing gully or "sluit” erosion are given.”

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