Overslaugh Definition
ōvərslô
verb
To pass over (one person) by preferring or promoting another.
Webster's New World
To bar or hinder.
Webster's New World
(US, dialect, slang) 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)
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Other Word Forms of Overslaugh
Noun
Singular:
overslaughPlural:
overslaughsOrigin of Overslaugh
Dutch overslaan.
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