slouch-eared, a. Now rare or Obs.
[app. f. slouch n.]
Having loose hanging ears.
| 1556 Olde Antichrist 11 That men maye se what a slowche eared asse his is. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Qui a les Oreilles lasches & pendantes, hanging eares, or slouch eared. 1607 Brewer Lingua iii. vi, There was an old..slouch-eard slaue that looking himselfe by chance in a Glasse died for pure hate. 1793 Pennant Quadr. (ed. 3) II. 313 Slouch-eared Bat with large pendulous ears, pointed at the ends. 1855 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. VI. 511 The original English breed [of hogs]—those long-legged,..slouch-eared, big-headed..animals. |