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Sloop

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Noun

1. sloop

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sloop

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noun
a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow
Compare cutter (sense 2)

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Sloop

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noun
a fore-and-aft-rigged, single-masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and a jib

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sloop

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n.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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