English Dictionary

slops

名詞

廃用 複数形 複数形のみ 歴史的 古風 南アフリカ英語 活用形

(obsolete) Loose trousers. / (nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

日本語の意味

(時代遅れ) ゆったりとしたズボン、ゆるいズボンとしての意味。 / (航海・歴史的文脈) 18世紀頃に主に海員が着用した、膝下または足首上で終わるブリーチ（短ズボン）としての意味。

The sailor's old slops flapped as he walked along the dock.

その船員が埠頭を歩くと、古びたゆったりしたズボンがはためいた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Loose trousers.

Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.

意味（2）

(nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

The original slops were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century petticoat breeches, worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.

意味（3）

(nautical, dated) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.

意味（4）

(South Africa) plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)