slop and sloppe - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

slop(pe n.

Forms	slop(pe n. Also slope, sclop; pl. slops, s(c)loppes.
Etymology	?OE: cp. oferslop; also cp. MDu. slop or ON (cp. OI sloppr).

(a) A loose outer garment; (b) a magic bag for stealing milk; (c) a kind of shoe; (d) in surname.

(1376) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.225 : [A] slop [of] blu [furred with] otres.
(1378) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.14 : [A] sloppe [of camaca worth 2 s.].
(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.422 : To speken of the horrible disordinat scantnesse of clothyng, as ben thise kutted sloppes [vr. scloppes] or hanselyns that thurgh hire shortnesse ne couere nat the shameful membres.
(1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.224 : [A] slope [of] Gascoigne [linen worth 6 s. 8 d.].
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)460 : Sloppe, garment [KC: slop, clothe]: Mutatorium.
a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2488 : I am arayed in a sloppe.
a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)295/77 : Se þat my sloppe be wele sittande.
c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1793 : Short sloppes weren hee That lastith noo ferthire than to þe knee.
a1500 Chaucer CT.CY.(Hrl 7333)G.633 : Ouerist sloppe [Elsm: His ouerslope nys nat worth a myte].

a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)514,522 : A wycche..made a bagge..Þat hyt ȝede and soke mennys ky..hyt was shewyd byfore þe bysshop Þat she dyde to goo swych a melk slop..Þys wycche here charme began to sey, Þe slop ros vp and ȝede þe weye.
a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)537 : Þe sloppe lay stylle, as hyt ded wore.

(1480) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.IV in Nicolas PPExp.118 : For xj pair sloppes, wherof oon pair of blue ledre, iiij payr of Spaynyssh leder, v pair of tawny leder..price of every payre xviij d..for viij paire of sloppes lyned with blac velvet of the Kings own store.
(1480) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.IV in Nicolas PPExp.138 : Sloppes off divers sortes: blue, j paire; Spaynyssh leder, iiij paire; [etc.].
(1483) Wardrobe Acc.Richard III in Grose Antiq.Repertory 142 : ij pair of shoon, ij pair of slops, and viij paire of botews of Spaynysh leder.