† ˈoverslop Obs.
[OE. oferslop (in ON. yfirsloppr), f. over- 8 c + slop a smock.]
A loose upper garment; a cassock or gown; a stole or surplice.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xx. 46 [Ambulare in stolis] geonga in stolum vel on oferslopum. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 200 Oferslop hwit habban blisse ᵹetacnað, oferslop bleofah habban ærende fullic ᵹetacnað. c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 80 (Ellesm.) His ouerslope [Petw. ouersclope, other MSS. ouer(e sloppe] nys nat worth a myte..It is al baudy and to-tore also. |