overslop
English
Etymology
From Middle English oversloppe, Old English oferslop, oferslype (“an overgarment; surplice”), equivalent to over- + slip. Cognate with Icelandic yfirsloppur (“overalls”).
Noun
overslop (plural overslops) (obsolete)
- An outer garment or slop.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
References
- overslop in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.