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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

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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

If a skiff had a two-mast rig, it was commonly called a "sharpie"; a sloop-rigged skiff often was known as a "flattie."

From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)