a public-house; e.g. Schenholtz (the wood near the public-house); Shenklein (the little public-house); Shenkendorf (the inn village).
SCHEUNE (Ger.),
a shed or barn; e.g. Ziegelscheune (the brick barn); Kalkscheune (lime-shed); Scheunenstelle (the place of sheds).
SCHLAG (Ger.),
a wood clearing or field; e.g. Leopoldschlag (the field of Leopold); Grafenschlag (of the count); Pfaffenschlag (of the priest); Kirchsclag (of the church); Schlagenwald (the cleared wood); Schlagberg and Schlaghöck (the cleared hill and corner); Murzuschlag (the clearing on the R. Murz), in Styria.
SCHLANGE (Ger.),
a snake; e.g. Slagenhorst (snake thicket); Schlangenbad (snake bath).
SCHLEUSE (Ger.),
SLUYS (Dutch),
ECLUSE (Fr.),
a sluice; e.g. Rhinschleuse (the sluice of the Rhine); Sluys, in Holland; and Slooten, also a town in Holland, on a lake of the same name (from sloot, a ditch); Sluispolder (the reclaimed land at the sluice); Schlusseburg, in Russia (the fortress at the sluice), built on an island at the spot where the R. Neva issues from Lake Ladoga; Helvoetsluis (the sluice on the Haring-vliet, an arm of the R. Maas); Fort de l’Ecluse (the fortress of the sluice), in France.
SCHLOSS (Ger.),