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sloop

/sluːp/

/slup/

Translations

sloopnoun

sloops

/sluːp/

/slup/

sloopTerme de marine ; voilier à un seul mât.

The sloop glided smoothly across the bay, its sails billowing in the wind.

Le sloop glissait doucement sur la baie, ses voiles gonflées par le vent.

sloop de guerreTerme historique ; petit navire de guerre.

The naval museum houses an 18th-century sloop that once patrolled the Caribbean.

Le musée naval abrite un sloop de guerre du XVIIIe siècle qui patrouillait autrefois dans les Caraïbes.

Synonyms

sloopnoun

A single-masted sailing boat with a fore-and-aft rig, having one headsail in front of the mast and a mainsail aft of the mast.

The sloop glided smoothly across the bay, its sails billowing in the wind.

A small warship, especially one of the 18th and 19th centuries, smaller than a frigate and generally carrying fewer guns.

The naval museum houses an 18th-century sloop that once patrolled the Caribbean.