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sloop  (slp)

n.

A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.

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[Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch slpen, to glide; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]

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sloop [sluːp]

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) 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 [2]

[from Dutch sloep; related to French chaloupe launch, Old English slūpan to glide]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sloop - a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow knockabout - a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit raceabout - a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

Translations

sloop [sluːp] N → balandra f

sloop

n → Slup f, → Schlup f

sloop [sluːp] n (ship) → sloop m inv

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sloop [sluːp] n (ship) → sloop m inv