cluss, clush Sc.
[ad. F. écluse sluice, q.v.; cf. clow n.1]
A sluice.
| 1791 T. 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. |