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Definition of Sloop
1. Noun. A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
Definition of Sloop
1. n. A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
Definition of Sloop
1. Noun. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one jib. ¹
2. Noun. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. ¹
3. Noun. a sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloop
1. a type of sailing vessel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloop
| slokas sloke sloken slokened slokening slokens slombry slood sloom sloomed | sloomier sloomiest slooming slooms sloomy sloop (current term) sloop of war slooplike sloops sloosh | slooshed slooshes slooshing sloot sloots |
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