slops /slɒps/ noun[plural only]3 •(historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century. •(old-fashioned) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors. •(no longer used) Loose trousers.Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives. — 1603