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Definition of Slatch
1. n. The period of a transitory breeze.
Definition of Slatch
1. Noun. The period of a transitory breeze. ¹
2. Noun. An interval of good weather. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) The loose part of a rope; slack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slatch
1. a calm between breaking waves [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slatch
Literary usage of Slatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nantucket Scrap Basket: Being a Collection of Characteristic Stories and by Sons and Daughters of Nantucket (1916)
""slatch"—A word still in quite common use on the island among the older people.
It means "a short gleam of fine weather, an interval in a storm. ..."
2. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Plymouth.— Desires to know what orders he gave to the Norwich when last he sent
him to the coast of Ireland. 1 Governor of Plymouth. a ' slatch ' = a brief ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at by Pepys Library, Samuel Pepys, Great Britain Admiralty. Archives (1904)
"Desires to know what orders he gave to the Norwich when last he sent him to the
coast of Ireland. 1 Governor of Plymouth. " ' slatch ' = a brief passing ..."
4. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"NC slatch [Sea Term] is when the middle Part of a Cable or Rope hangs slack
without tho Ship or in the Water, they say, Hale up the slatch of the Rope, &c. ..."
5. Tiw: Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue by William Barnes (1862)
"slatch, the loose middle part of a rope. Slouch, to walk loosely. SLOUGH, to
slacken or loosen off, as a wound, or a snake loosening off its skin. Sly. ..."
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