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Synonyms for sloop

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : slup

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Définition of sloop

Origin :
  • "small fore and aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-stay sail, mainsail, and gaff-topsail," 1620s, from Dutch sloep "a sloop;" probably from French chaloupe, from Old French chalupe "small, sloop-rigged vessel," which is perhaps related to English shallop [OED]. But according to Barnhart and Watkins the Dutch word might simply be from Middle Dutch slupen "to glide," from PIE *sleubh- (see sleeve). In old military use, a small ship of war carrying guns on the upper deck only (1670s).
  • As in sailboat : noun a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth
  • As in yacht : noun pleasure boat
  • As in boat : noun vehicle for water travel
Example sentences :
  • No, continued Clawbonny; the real truth is, it is not the sloop you care about: it is the man.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Including the sloop and the Halkett- boat, there was about 1500 lbs.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • There is the cutter rig, yawl rig, sloop rig, and the ketch rig.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • She became interested in a sloop, beating into Wellmouth harbor, and watched that.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • You engage him to discover a likely sloop whose owner is disposed to sell.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • We agreed that the sloop and the cargo were to go free if Colonel Sullivan—but you know!
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • The sloop and her cargo can be made good to her owners—at another time.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • They would at least have a start, the sloop in front of them, and their enemies behind them.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • At last a lighter was mustered, and a sloop from Hingham, which had six port holes.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • On the sloop itself was scarce a man whose hands were free from blood.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
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