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Webster 1913 Edition

Sloop

Sloop

,
Noun.
[D.
sloep
, of uncertain origin. Cf.
Shallop
.]
1.
(Naut.)
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a sloop may carry a centerboard. See
Cutter
, and Illustration in Appendix.
Sloop of war
,
formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sloop

SLOOP

,
Noun.
A vessel with one mast, the main-sail of which is attached to a gaff above, to a boom below, and to the mast on its foremost edge. It differs from a cutter by having a fixed steeving bowsprit, and a jib-stay. Sloops are of various sizes, from the size of a boat to that of more than 100 tons burthen.

Definition 2024

sloop

sloop

English

Noun

A sloop

sloop ‎(plural sloops)

  1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
    • 1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,
      I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
      Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.
  2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
  3. A sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

Translations

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sloːp/
  • Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slope, from Old Dutch *slōpa, from Proto-Germanic *slaupǭ.

Noun

sloop c ‎(plural slopen, diminutive sloopje n)

  1. pillowcase

Etymology 2

From slopen.

Noun

sloop m ‎(uncountable)

  1. demolition

Verb

sloop

  1. singular past indicative of sluipen
  2. first-person singular present indicative of slopen
  3. imperative of slopen

Anagrams

Etymology

From Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch sloepen ‎(“to glide”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: slo͞op, IPA(key): /sluːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp

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