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sloop
S s - noun sloop a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1). 1
- noun Definition of sloop in Technology "Parallel Programming in a Virtual Object Space", S. Lucco, SIGPLAN Notices 22(12):26-34 (OOPSLA '87) (Dec 1987). 1
- noun sloop type of sailing boat 1
- countable noun sloop A sloop is a small sailing boat with one mast. 0
- noun sloop a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow 0
- noun sloop a fore-and-aft-rigged, single-masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and a jib 0