Sloping
Pronunciation : Slop"ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913