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sloop-rigged

American  
[sloop-rigd] / ˈslupˌrɪgd /

adjective

  1. (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.


sloop-rigged British  

adjective

  1. nautical rigged as a sloop, typically with a jib and a mainsail

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sloop-rigged

First recorded in 1760–70

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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

Most fetching was a 35-ft. sloop-rigged motor sailer made by that master of motorboats, Chris-Craft.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

The sloop-rigged Vandalia, built by Sylvester Doolittle at Oswego on Lake Ontario in 1842, was the first of the propeller type and was soon followed by the Hercules, the Samson, and the Detroit.

From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Archer Butler Hulbert

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