overslaugh

English

Etymology

From Dutch overslag, from Dutch overslaan.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.vəɹˌslɔː/

Noun

overslaugh (plural overslaughs)

1. (US, dialect) A bar in a river.

Verb

overslaugh (third-person singular simple present overslaughs, present participle overslaughing, simple past and past participle overslaughed)

1. (US, dialect, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.

   to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body

   to overslaugh a military officer (= to hinder his promotion or employment)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “overslaugh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)