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shallop
shallop.
1. A light, small sailing vessel of about 25 tons, either schooner rigged or with a lugsail rig, employed in commercial fisheries during the days of sail. Being fast and weatherly, particularly with the lugsail rig, they were also frequently employed as tenders during the days of sailing navies. 2. A large, heavy, undecked boat with a single mast, fore-and-aft rigged. In many cases in the 17th and 18th centuries when ships were driven ashore in storms, contemporary accounts mention the ship's carpenters building a shallop from the timber of a shipwreck. This enabled some of the crew to sail to the nearest port to summon assistance. 3. A small French coastal gunboat of the 18th and early 19th centuries, single masted and armed with one gun. They were known as chaloupes and carried a crew of about 40 men. 4. Alternative name for a skiff rowed by one or two men. |
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"shallop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shallop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shallop.html "shallop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shallop.html |
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shallop
shallop ˈʃæləp n. a large heavy boat with one or more masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lug sails and sometimes equipped with guns.
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"shallop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shallop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-shallop.html "shallop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-shallop.html |
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shallop sloop; dinghy. XVI. — F. chaloupe — Du. sloep SLOOP.
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T. F. HOAD. "shallop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "shallop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shallop.html T. F. HOAD. "shallop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shallop.html |
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shallop
shallop
•ketchup
•callop, escallop, escalope, gallop, galop, Salop, shallop
•develop, envelop
•collop, dollop, gollop, lollop, scallop, scollop, trollop, Trollope, wallop
•codswallop • Stanhope • larrup
•satrap • caltrop
•stirrup, syrup (US sirup)
•Europe
•archbishop, bishop
•tittup
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"shallop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shallop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shallop.html "shallop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shallop.html |
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