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)

  1. 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.
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