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View synonyms for sloop
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sloop1
1620–30; < Dutch sloep; akin to Old English slūpan to glide
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sloop1
C17: from Dutch sloep; related to French chaloupe launch, Old English slūpan to glide
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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.
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A few minutes later, a boat was seen to push off from the sloop and make for the lightship.
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Was there any other Jones in the town who owned a small sloop and dealt largely in cured fish?
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Thus dismissed, Jim descended the side and was quickly on board the sloop Nora to which he belonged.
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Meanwhile Billy Towler, left in sole possession of the sloop, felt himself in a most unenviable state of mind.
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The lookout on the Liberty saw two boats, crowded with men, gliding swiftly toward the sloop.
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