rihla — meaning in English
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English meaning
- riffle noun A fast, shallow stretch of a stream where the water breaks up on the surface.
Senses
rihla is used for these senses in English:
- riffle (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
riffle — full definition
- noun A fast, shallow stretch of a stream where the water breaks up on the surface.
- noun A series of small ripples or waves.
- noun A channel or sluice fitted with ridges, grooves or steps along its base, used to hold mercury and trap flecks of gold as gold-bearing soil is washed through it; also, one of those ridges, grooves or steps.
- noun A fast flick through a book's pages.
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