† slaven, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[irreg. f. sleave v. or slive v. Cf. slave v.2]
Split.
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xvii. (Roxb.) 116/2 In the bent of this Bow..is placed an arrow slaven; halfe an arrow it cannot properly be termed, but the side of an arrow. |