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1. (n.) sloop
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel.
Etymology: (1620–30; < D sloep; akin to OE slūpan to glide)
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1. (noun) sloop
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
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1. (noun) sloop
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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