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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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
It used to be that the waters were filled mostly with tugboats, fishing boats, sloops and the occasional mammoth steamship pulling in from Europe after the long crossing.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 21, 2014
The catamarans are much faster than the traditional sloops that historically competed for the trophy but have proved hard to handle.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2013
Over the pond the west wind blew, and into the teeth of the west wind sailed the sloops and schooners, their rails well down, their wet decks gleaming.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
