DCHP-2

slough invariably [slu:] This entry complements the entry of the same name from DCHP-1, now headword slough DCHP-1. We considered it important to preserve the complex original entry, while supplying an updated version of what we consider the present-day core meanings (SD, 12 Jul. 2016) DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• 1 n. — Pairies

  a low-lying meadow subject to flooding during spring runoffs.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — One of two major meanings today, this meaning, which is mostly found in the Prairies, is rather different from the permanent body of water in meaning 2.
  See also Gage-3, s.v. "slough¹" (1), which is marked "Cdn. Western Canada", ITP Nelson, s.v. "slough¹" (2), which is marked "Western Canada" and COD-2, s.v. "slough¹" (2), which is marked "Cdn (West) & US Northwest".

  See also: runoff  slough (DCHP-1) (def. 1)  

• 2 n. — British Columbia, Yukon & Northwest Territories

  a sidearm of a river; a bay cut off from the sea; a brackish body of water.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — West of the Rockies, the term has a different meaning and is used for more substantial bodies of water that remain in place year-round.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "slough¹" (3), which is marked "Cdn (BC)", Gage-1, s.v. "slough¹" (3), which is marked "Cdn. in the Northwest".

  See also: slough (DCHP-1) (defs. 2a, 2b, 2c & 3)  

  • Note how we combined defnitions 2a, 2b, 2c and 3 from DCHP-1 into DCHP-2's meaning 2.