sloop
/slup/
noun
- A type of sailboat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig, typically having one headsail and one mainsail.
- A classic wooden sloop glided across the harbor at sunset.
- They spent the weekend sailing their sloop along the coast.
- The sloop is popular among recreational sailors because it is easy to handle.
- A small warship from the 17th to 19th centuries, usually with a single gun deck and used for patrolling or escort duty.
- The British Navy deployed a sloop to protect merchant ships from pirates.
- In the novel, the hero commands a sloop on a secret mission.
- The old sloop carried twelve cannons and a crew of about a hundred men.
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