slab : Idioms & Phrases


Slab line

  • (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail.
Webster 1913

slab-sided

Slab"-sid`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. Colloq. U. S.
Webster 1913