slatch

[slach]

noun Nautical.

a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.

Origin of slatch

First recorded in 1595–1605; obscurely akin to slack¹

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Historical Examples of slatch

Slatch, slach, n. the slack of a rope: an interval of fair weather: a short breeze.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
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