sudd

American  

[suhd] / sʌd /

noun

1. (in the White Nile) floating vegetable matter that often obstructs navigation.

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sudd British  

/ sʌd /

noun

1. floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

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Etymology

Origin of sudd

1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction

Example Sentences

We at length arrived at a sudd which the advance boats had cleared for about sixty yards.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

A curious accident had happened to Ismail Pacha by the sudden break-up of a large portion of the sudd, that had been weakened by cutting a long but narrow channel.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

We pushed forward with some curiosity, but unfortunately a sudd of vegetable rafts had closed the passage for a short distance, which required about an hour to clean; this delayed the chase.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

My throat is choked up by the sudd of the Lake!

From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles

Such banks of drifting or arrested and decaying vegetation are called sudd, and the more it rains the greater are the quantities that come down.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders