SLOOP


Meaning of SLOOP in English

/sloohp/ , n.

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. Cf. cutter (def. 3), knockabout (def. 1).

[ 1620-30; sloep; akin to OE slupan to glide ]

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