spruit
spruit noun: a small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
Noun
spruit (plural spruits)
- A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
- Though there is such a poor prospect for public irrigation schemes, the country seems, on the whole, fairly well watered in years of normal rainfall, and there are many springs and "spruits," or rivulets, more or less permanent.1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 489
- Pursuing my quest in the heat of a broiling sun, I reached a gigantic tree standing on the bank of a running rivulet, its branches over-hanging the flooded spruit.1930, Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, “Rays of Sunshine”, in Mhudi, page 30
spruit meaning in Tamil
spruit in Tamil
- வறண்ட ஒடை
Forms of spruit
| plural | spruits |
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Origin of spruit
From Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.
Questions about spruit
- What does spruit mean?
- Spruit means a small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
- What is spruit in Tamil?
- Spruit in Tamil is வறண்ட ஒடை. See Spruit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is spruit?
- Spruit is a noun.
- What is the plural of spruit?
- The plural of spruit is spruits.
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