slaught

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English slaught, slagt, slaȝt, from Old English sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht (“a stroke, a striking, a flash of lightning, slaughter, murder, death by violence, the deadly stroke of disease, battle, what is to be killed, animals for slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, *slahtiz (“beating, hitting, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *slek- (“to beat, pound”). Cognate with Dutch slacht (“slaughter”), German Schlacht (“killing, battle”), Swedish slakt (“slaughter”), Icelandic slátta (“slaughter”). Related to English slay. === Pronunciation === === Noun === slaught (plural slaughts) (obsolete) Killing; slaughter. ==== Derived terms ==== manslaught (whence manslaughter) onslaught ==== Related terms ==== anslaight slaught-beam