Slops

Quick meaning: Slops is a noun meaning (nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

Meaning

(nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

More Meanings

1. (nautical, dated) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
2. (South Africa) plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
3. plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
4. third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
5. (obsolete) Loose trousers.

Example Sentences

A pair of slops.

I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.

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.

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 as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.

Synonyms for slops

Depending on context, synonyms include swill, slop, pigswill, pigwash.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swill, pigwash, pigswill, overslop, slopselling, slopwork.

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