sloop rig

noun

gaff-topsail catfish.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

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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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sloop of war sloop-rigged

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