noun
- the small, dark blue-black fruits of the blackthorn bush, used to make gin and preserves
Examples
- She gathered sloes from the hedgerow to make sloe gin.
- The sloes were too tart to eat fresh from the bush.
- Wild sloes ripen in late autumn after the first frost.
- Traditional sloe gin requires the berries to steep for several months.
- The purple sloes contrasted beautifully against the thorny branches.
- Foragers often wait until October to harvest the best sloes.