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Definition of Overslaugh
1. n. A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.
2. v. t. To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.
Definition of Overslaugh
1. Noun. (US dialect) A bar in a river. ¹
2. Verb. (US dialect slang transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overslaugh
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overslaugh
Literary usage of Overslaugh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book of English Literature by Francis Henry Underwood (1879)
"... few miles they overtook and passed several sloops that had left the Watervliet
aground on the overslaugh. JOSEPH STORY. ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"overslaugh, The. A bar with islands in the Hudson River, on which vessels ...
NED 1788 Those stones should be carried to the overslaugh, or wherever in its ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"DETENTIONS AT THE overslaugh. One, of the oldest and most experienced forwarding
merchants of Troy, я gentleman entitled to the highest confidence, ..."
4. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1907)
"In this manner they approached the overslaugh, a place infamous in all past time
for its narrow crooked channel, and the sandbanks with which it is infested ..."
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