noun.
The sizing, drying, and beaming of cotton warp for weaving on a machine called a slasher.
That cuts and slashes at random; recklessly or unmercifully severe; that cuts right and left indiscriminately: as, a slashing criticism or article.
Dashing; recklessly rapid: as, a slashing gait.
Very big; great; slapping.
noun.
A slash or pane in a garment.
noun.
In milit. engin., the felling of trees so that their tops shall fall toward the enemy, and thus prevent or retard his approach; also (in singular or plural), the trees thus felled: same as abatis, 1.
noun.
plural Trees or branches cut down by woodmen. Also slashes.