Word of the Day: OVERSLOP

ETYMOLOGY
Old English oferslop (in Old Norse yfirsloppr), 
from over- + slop (a smock)

EXAMPLE
“…By cause of which men sholde hym reuerence
That of his worshipe rekketh he so lite
His ouerslope nys nat worth a myte
As in effect to hym / so moot I go
It is al baudy and to-tore also…”

From: Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
By: Geoffrey Chaucer, c1395