slops

Loose trousers.

Noun obsolete, plural

  1. Loose trousers.
    • Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives. - 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio,...
    • A pair of slops. - a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London:...
  2. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
    • The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced...

    Synonyms: open-kneed breeches

  3. Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
  4. plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)

Synonyms

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Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
    • I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slop