SLOOP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sloop" is a kind of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloop"):

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)

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Context examples:

We had not sailed above three days, when a great storm arising, we were driven five days to the north-north-east, and then to the east: after which we had fair weather, but still with a pretty strong gale from the west. Upon the tenth day we were chased by two pirates, who soon overtook us; for my sloop was so deep laden, that she sailed very slow, neither were we in a condition to defend ourselves.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)