' [slain.] A coal-mining term : a joint in stratified rocks ; a clean, sharply-defined surface or divisional plane perpendicular to the stratification.
' [slain.] A coal-mining term : a joint in stratified rocks ; a clean, sharply-defined surface or divisional plane perpendicular to the stratification. Nhb.', w.Yks. (J.T.),Lei.'
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A slope; an incline, inclination.