ˈsleaving rare. Now dial.
[f. sleave v. Cf. slaving n.]
A slip taken from a tree by splitting or pulling.
| c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 163 Yf thow sette a plaunte or a sleuyng, Putte in a lytel moysty molde amonge. 1839 Sir G. C. Lewis Gloss. Heref., Sleaving, a twig sleaved off. |