sloop
[ sloop ]
/ slup /
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.
Compare cutter(def 3), knockabout(def 1).
Origin of sloop
1620–30; < Dutch
sloep; akin to Old English
slūpan to glide
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British Dictionary definitions for sloop
sloop
/ (sluːp) /
noun
a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow
Compare cutter (def. 2)
Word Origin for sloop
C17: from Dutch
sloep; related to French
chaloupe launch, Old English
slūpan to glide