Read full poem →Of that renowned flood, so often sung,
Divine Alpheus, who, by secret sluice, 30
Stole under seas to meet his Arethuse;
Dictionary Entry
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
Origin
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Common Phrases
gates sluicegate sluice. sluiceboxes sluicebox sluicesluice denversluice seaton
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Poetry examples for “sluice”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I wish there'd be a thunder-storm to-night,
With bucketsful of water to sluice the dark,
And make the roses hang their dripping heads.