Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overslaugh

Overslaugh , noun

[Dutch overslag.]

A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, United States] — Bartlett

Overslaugh , transitive verb

[Dutch overslaan.]

To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment. [Local Cant, United States]