sloop

UK
/sluːp/
US
/slup/

Translations

sloopnoun
sloops
pl
UK
/sluːp/
US
/slup/
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

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.