sloop-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sloop-rigged
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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When we finally found our chartered sloop-rigged yacht in its slip, there was Monique, an expat American, with bags of provisions in her arms.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2017
The baby Bluenoses, sloop-rigged, are only 23 ft. overall and retail for about $1,250 in Canada, or $1,500 in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rhode Island's Pearson Corp. showed off its 28-ft., six-berth auxiliary sloop, Peerless Triton, priced at $9,750, and Cape Cod Shipbuilding exhibited its 23-ft. sloop-rigged Marlin cruising sailboat, which has done well in midget ocean-racing.
From Time Magazine Archive
In August, the 28-foot lifeboat, sloop-rigged, christened the Wing On, was loaded to the gunwales with diving gear, radio receiving set, bedding, food supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
By saving money, by earning more, and by each of us foregoing a bicycle on his birthday, we had collected the purchase-price of the Mist, a beamy twenty-eight-footer, sloop-rigged, with baby topsail and centerboard.
From Dutch Courage and Other Stories by London, Jack
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