slops | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

slops
Large and loose trowsers, from which loose clothing is called slops. The word, says Todd, was former...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
slops
A name given to ready-made clothes, and other furnishings, for seamen, by Maydman, in 1691. In Chauc...

The Sailor's Word-Book
serving out slops
Distributing clothing, &c. Also, a cant term to denote punishment at the gangway. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book