Sloop
noun
A one-masted sailboat with a single headsail and a mainsail.
They sailed around the island on their sloop.
Often appears as...
- sail a sloop
- aboard a sloop
noun
A warship with a single gun deck.
A British sloop was positioned off the coast during the war.
Often appears as...
- sloop of war
- aboard a sloop
Usage tips
Historical, Maritime
noun
A one-masted sailboat with a single headsail and a mainsail.
They sailed around the island on their sloop.
Often appears as...
- sail a sloop
- aboard a sloop
noun
A warship with a single gun deck.
A British sloop was positioned off the coast during the war.
Often appears as...
- sloop of war
- aboard a sloop
Usage tips
Historical, Maritime
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Vessel
A sloop is specifically designed for sailing on the water, used often in recreational contexts.
We watched the sloop glide across the bay with ease.
Pro Tip 2/3Single-masted
Remember, a sloop has only one mast, which differentiates it from multi-masted vessels.
The sloop stood out with its single mast among the multi-masted schooners.
Pro Tip 3/3Recreational Sailing
Sloops are commonly used for leisure activities, less often for commercial purposes.
They rented a sloop for their weekend sailing adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Vessel
A sloop is specifically designed for sailing on the water, used often in recreational contexts.
We watched the sloop glide across the bay with ease.
Pro Tip 2/3Single-masted
Remember, a sloop has only one mast, which differentiates it from multi-masted vessels.
The sloop stood out with its single mast among the multi-masted schooners.
Pro Tip 3/3Recreational Sailing
Sloops are commonly used for leisure activities, less often for commercial purposes.
They rented a sloop for their weekend sailing adventure.
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Vessel
A sloop is specifically designed for sailing on the water, used often in recreational contexts.
We watched the sloop glide across the bay with ease.
Pro Tip 2/3Single-masted
Remember, a sloop has only one mast, which differentiates it from multi-masted vessels.
The sloop stood out with its single mast among the multi-masted schooners.
Pro Tip 3/3Recreational Sailing
Sloops are commonly used for leisure activities, less often for commercial purposes.
They rented a sloop for their weekend sailing adventure.
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Quote examples
John Paul Jones
American Soldier
Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean with only two armed merchant ships, two armed brigantines, and one armed sloop, to make war against such a power as Great Britain?
Quote examples
Nicholson Baker
American Novelist
E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.
Quote examples
John Paul Jones
American Soldier
Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean with only two armed merchant ships, two armed brigantines, and one armed sloop, to make war against such a power as Great Britain?
Quote examples
Nicholson Baker
American Novelist
E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.
Example 1 of 2
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