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(Askeri) sloop
a sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette
A single-masted sailboat with only one jib

I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.

{n} a vessel having but one mast
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
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
See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix
One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard
a sailboat with one mast; usually with two sails hoisted, a mainsail and a headsail
(a) a single masted boat (b) SLOOP OF WAR A minor class vessel, sometimes frigate-built, and carrying one tier of guns
A single-masted vessel with working sails (main and jib) set fore and aft
A sloop is a small sailing boat with one mast. a small ship with one central mast (=pole for sails) (sloep)
Two-runner sled to haul logs or bolts out of the woods Similar to a scoot except that the sloop is equipped with a tongue (22)
a vessel with one fore-and-aft rigged mast with a mainsail and a foresail After the eighteenth century, the term also applied to a small vessel with four to twelve cannon on her upper deck, sixth rate, and rigged with up to three masts
A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck
The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail
The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel
{i} one-masted sailboat
The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880
a ship with a single mast, with fore and aft-rigging
sloop arma
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