sleft, ppl. a. rare.
[f. sleave v.]
† 1. Slashed, cut. Obs.—1
1627 Drayton Agincourt cclxxix, Here a sleft shoulder, there a clouen scull. |
2. sleft silk, sleaved silk.
1752 tr. Gemelli-Careri's Voy. round World iv. i. viii. (Churchill), Some being of a cane colour,..others yellow, but soft as any sleft silk. |