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SLOOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sloop" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloop"):
knockabout (a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit)
raceabout (a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail)
Context examples:
We had not sailed above three days, when a great storm arising, we were driven five days to the north-north-east, and then to the east: after which we had fair weather, but still with a pretty strong gale from the west. Upon the tenth day we were chased by two pirates, who soon overtook us; for my sloop was so deep laden, that she sailed very slow, neither were we in a condition to defend ourselves.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
We were boarded about the same time by both the pirates, who entered furiously at the head of their men; but finding us all prostrate upon our faces (for so I gave order), they pinioned us with strong ropes, and setting guard upon us, went to search the sloop.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
