Overslaugh definition
To pass over (one person) by preferring or promoting another.
verb
To bar or hinder.
verb
To overslaugh a bill in a legislative body.
To overslaugh a military officer (= to hinder his promotion or employment)
verb
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
verb
Advertisement
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
overslaugh
Plural:
overslaughsOrigin of overslaugh
- Dutch overslaan.
From Wiktionary