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sloop.
1. A sailing vessel with a single mast, fore-and-aft rigged, setting, in western Europe, a single headsail. Its development, in respect of dates etc., was parallel with that of the cutter. In the USA, the term also embraces vessels setting two headsails, which in other parts of the world would be termed cutters. In 2003 Mirabella V, at 75.3 metres (247 ft) LOA (length overall) and with a rig 91.5 metres (300 ft) high, became the largest sloop ever built up to that time when she was launched at Woolston, Southampton. 2. A designation used during the Second World War (1939–45) to describe a small class of anti-submarine convoy escort vessels used during the battle of the Atlantic. It was a resuscitation of the name of 3. an older navy class of ships, 17th–19th century, used mainly for auxiliary naval duties. Until the late 18th century the term was used somewhat indiscriminately to embrace any of the smaller naval vessels that did not fit specifically into a recognized class of minor warship. However, by the beginning of the 19th century there were two accepted classes of sloop depending on the number of masts: the ship sloop (three masts) and brig sloop (two masts), both of them square rigged on all masts. As a distinctive type of warship, the sloop finally disappeared in the late 1880s although some navies, including the British, retained a few for sail training. Those in Britain were attached to the boys' training ships and continued in use until 1904. |
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"sloop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sloop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-sloop.html "sloop." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-sloop.html |
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sloop fore-and-aft-rigged, single-masted sailing vessel with a single headsail jib. A sloop differs from a cutter in that it has a jibstay—a support leading from the bow to the masthead on which the jib is set. A sloop of war was a small warship, variously rigged as a barque, brig, brigantine, or ship, that carried fewer than 18 guns in the British navy and fewer than 24 in the American navy. These vessels played an active role in the American Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars. The sloop disappeared as a warship in the mid-19th cent., but during World War II the British revived the term to designate a small escort vessel armed with 4-in. (10.2-cm) guns and depth charges. |
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"sloop." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sloop." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sloop.html "sloop." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sloop.html |
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sloop / sloōp/ • n. a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib. ∎ (also sloop of war) hist. a small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. ∎ hist. a small antisubmarine warship used for convoy escort in World War II. |
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"sloop." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sloop." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-sloop.html "sloop." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-sloop.html |
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sloop
sloop n.
1. a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib. 2. also sloop of war a small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. 3. a small antisubmarine warship used for convoy escort in World War II. |
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"sloop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sloop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-sloop.html "sloop." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-sloop.html |
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sloop XVII (slup). — Du. sloep, †sloepe; of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "sloop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "sloop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sloop.html T. F. HOAD. "sloop." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sloop.html |
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sloop
•bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop
•hula-hoop • cantaloupe • nincompoop
•playgroup • subgroup • peer group
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"sloop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sloop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sloop.html "sloop." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sloop.html |
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