A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at
the foot.
1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton. 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. Mighty hear...