▪ I. † overlop, n. Obs. rare.
[f. over- 5 b + lope n.1 (if not a scribal error for overlep, overleap n.).]
An act of overleaping, an omission.
| c 1325 Metr. Hom. 32 And als I red, far gan I drede, For ouerlop moht I mac nan [Vernon text Ouer lepe mihti make non]. |
▪ II. overˈlop, v. rare.
[f. over- 8 + lop v.2]
trans. To lop or hang loosely over.
| 1893 R. Kipling Many Invent. 130 His cap overlopped one eye. |
▪ III. overlop
early variant of overlap v.