LekhoriLekhoriLoose 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.
Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.
Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
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