SLOOP


Meaning of SLOOP in English

n.1 a small one-masted fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with mainsail and jib.

2 (in full sloop of war) Brit. hist. a small warship with guns on the upper deck only.

Phrases and idioms:

sloop-rigged rigged like a sloop.

Etymology: Du. sloep(e), of unkn. orig.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.