sluse

sluse m or f (definite singular slusa or slusen, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)

1. A canal lock (a system to elevate or lower boats in a river or water canal system from one water level to another)

From German Low German, from Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Akin to English sluice.

• IPA^(key): /²slʉːsə/

sluse f (definite singular slusa, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)

1. a sluice, lock (A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.)

• “sluse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.