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sloop
[ sloop ]
noun
- a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter ( def 3 ), knockabout ( def 1 ).
sloop
/ sluːp /
noun
- a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow Compare cutter
Word History and Origins
Origin of sloop1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sloop1
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Example Sentences
Coneys chartered the Megan Jaye, a 43-ft sloop based in Newport, Rhode Island, and skippered by Hank Halsted.
A few minutes later, a boat was seen to push off from the sloop and make for the lightship.
Was there any other Jones in the town who owned a small sloop and dealt largely in cured fish?
Thus dismissed, Jim descended the side and was quickly on board the sloop Nora to which he belonged.
Meanwhile Billy Towler, left in sole possession of the sloop, felt himself in a most unenviable state of mind.
The lookout on the Liberty saw two boats, crowded with men, gliding swiftly toward the sloop.
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