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sloop

/sluːp/

/slup/

sloopnoun

sloops

/sluːp/

/slup/

Translations

The sloop sailed smoothly across the bay.

Шлюп плавно пересек залив.

The sailors lowered the sloop into the water.

Матросы спустили шлюпку на воду.

Definitions

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.

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