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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; EXCLUDE

sluice

1 noun
     
Related topics: Water
sluice1 [countable]
TTW a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it
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