'Slab line' definitions:

Definition of 'Slab line'

From: GCIDE
  • Slab \Slab\, n. [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.]
  • 1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail. [1913 Webster]
  • Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. --Totten. [1913 Webster]