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.
sloops
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pluralof sloop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he conjured the past as a master of richly detailed historical works brimming with schooners, brigs and sloops, their sails flapping under moody clouds, with shore lights twinkling in the distance.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
In the 1800s, long before social distancing, the Delaware River in Philadelphia was clogged with sloops, barges, and packet ships hauling cargo and immigrants here.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
We sailed on two chartered Marconi-rigged sloops, one 35 feet long, the other 39.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
And, for a few years, young fair-haired Captain Morgan ran the sloops.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 2, 2015
Alysane Mormont, whose men name her the She-Bear, hidfighters inside a gaggle of fishing sloops and took the ironmen unawares where they lay off the strand.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
