slashedadj.
/slaʃt/ 1. Of garments: Having vertical slits to show a contrasting lining; in modern use, having a piece of material of a different colour inserted.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > cut or slashed
taggedc1380
daggedc1386
slita1387
rivenc1400
jaggedc1440
cut1480
voided1548
razed1552
raced1576
slashed1633
1633 J. Shirley Triumph of Peace in Plays (1888) 441 Confidence in a slashed doublet parti-coloured.
a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iii. i Like a Cavalier, in a slasht suit.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 79 Charles I. with ruff, ribband, and slashed habit.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Slashed sleeves and pockets, which are peculiar to the British cavalry, when the officers or men wear long coats.
1887 The Lady 20 Jan. 37 Another [costume] of black velvet and white silk, with slashed sleeves.
2. Gashed, cut; deeply wounded. Also absol.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > cut
hacked?1440
cutc1665
slashed1825
1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders I. 41 A sound skin is better than a slashed one.
1851 C. Kingsley Agricultural Crisis in Misc. (1860) II. 143 Chopping into small pieces the already slashed and slain.
3. Botany. Deeply cut; laciniate.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > divided, segmented, slashed, or lobed
lobated1703
quinquefid1703
lobousa1722
biparted1725
tripartite1753
lobate1760
octofid1760
septemfid1777
parted1785
triquadrifid1833
rimiform1837
slashed1839
lobulate1862
bipartite1864
palmilobed1876
pentafid1882
segmented1883
lobose1885
torn1888
triquinate1891
sectile1899
1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 138 Where leaves are extremely divided,..we say..that the leaf is multifid, laciniated, decomposed, or slashed.
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 174 Slashed, where a surface is divided by deep and very acute incisions.
4. Of timber: felled, esp. in an unplanned or destructive manner. North American.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > felled
felledlOE
stockeda1595
slashed1843
stooly1869
1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 8 332 His eye wandered far away over acres of slashed timber.
5. Cricket. Played with or resulting from a slash (slash n.1 1b).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > types of stroke
slashing1832
skied1868
on-side1898
agricultural1899
offside1900
skimming1930
slashed1974
1974 Observer 9 June 24/8 A slashed catch to first slip accounted for Johnson.
1976 S. Wales Echo 27 Nov. 18/6 Reaching his half century in 138 minutes, he gave one difficult chance off a slashed stroke when he was 55, but Glenn Turner could not hold the ball at slip.
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