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slatch

American  
[slach] / slætʃ /

noun

Nautical.

  1. a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.

Etymology

Origin of slatch

First recorded in 1595–1605; obscurely akin to slack 1

Example Sentences

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Next morning, in a slatch in the storm, surf watchers on the tip of Cape Cod saw the Portland, among the snarled and yelping seas, just off the treacherous Peaked Hill Bar.

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