sloop rig

noun

1. gaff-topsail catfish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sloop rig¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

There is the cutter rig, yawl rig, sloop rig, and the ketch rig.

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A sloop rig is illustrated in Fig.

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By studying the drawing the worker will see that the sloop rig differs from the cutter rig only in that she carries a single sail forward of her mast.

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The Lighter is a small, rough, clumsy species of coasting-vessel, usually of the sloop rig.

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