overslaugh

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch overslag, from Dutch overslaan. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.vəɹˌslɔː/ === Noun === overslaugh (plural overslaughs) (US, dialect, archaic) A barrier in a river. (military, archaic) The permission to skip a duty; an exemption from an active duty. === Verb === overslaugh (third-person singular simple present overslaughs, present participle overslaughing, simple past and past participle overslaughed) (US, dialect, slang, transitive, archaic) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment. to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body to overslaugh a military officer (= to hinder his promotion or employment) === References === “overslaugh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.