ground sluice

noun Mining.

a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.

Origin of ground sluice

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM ground sluice

ground-sluic·er, noun

Words nearby ground sluice

ground rule double, ground rules, ground run, ground shark, ground sloth, ground sluice, ground squirrel, ground state, ground stroke, ground substance, ground tackle

Example sentences from the Web for ground sluice

  • After the dirt has all been put through the ground-sluice, it is cleaned up in a short board-sluice, or a tom.

    Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining |John S. Hittell