Australian English Meaning of sloop
sloop
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Definitions and Meaning of sloop in English
sloop (n)
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
sloop (n.)
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
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sloop
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bowA vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-a
brigantine,caravel,Catamaran,Catboat,nail clippers,Corvette,cutter,Frigate,galleon,Galley
No antonyms found.
sloomy => gloomy, sloom => slum, sloo => Sloe, sloke => sloke, sloggy => sluggish,
