sloop.
A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
Meaning & usage
A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.