sloper

Definition

Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is vertical or horizontal.

Etymology

From slope + -er.

Example Sentences

• "If one saw only the Rheims benches, one would scarcely prefer the slopers to horizontal retorts with good stoking machinery ; as for instance the Ross stoker at the Cincinnati gas works."
• "Yeah, that new pair of half-slopers really works — a lot better than the old inverted-V they're made from, ha ha!"
• "The wages of slopers, so far as they have been found designated as such on the pay rolls, are given in Table 63."