Sc. [ad. F. écluse SLUICE, q.v.; cf. CLOW sb.1] A sluice.
1791. Newte, Tour Eng. & Scot., 176. The sluice of a mill, in the Low-lands of Scotland, is called the cluss. This is evidently taken from the French ecluse.
1808. Jamieson, s.v. Clouse: Clush, a sluice.
