noun
sloop
sloop
noun
1
A small sailboat with a single mast and one headsail.
"They sailed the coast in a small sloop."
How to Use Sloop
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA single-masted sailing boat.
Common pairings
a sailing sloop
Word Forms
sloops plural, Sloops plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch "sloep," related to the word "shallop," another term for a light boat.