sloop

IPA: sɫˈup

(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
(military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
(military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
A surname.

Examples of "sloop" in Sentences

The sloop was the Little Belt, the last of the British fleet to surrender, after a vain attempt to escape.
The sloop was a pretty craft, clinker built, and about the fastest sailing boat within miles of Cardhaven.
The Eidolon, moored at pier number one, the one closest to the sea, carried one square-rigged mast and whatever they called a sloop's mast.
On those lines it might be urged that whoever acquires a sloop is a pirate, whoever acquires a crowbar a burglar, whoever acquires a sword an assassin.
He was what we may call the sloop's husband, but was bound to do whatever Murray commanded, to ask no questions, and to be profoundly ignorant of the real objects of the expedition.
The sloop is a thirty-foot seaworthy Pearson that can sleep four, perfect for the Glendenning family, with a V-berth that can accommodate two up forward, and a port settee in the main salon that converts to a double berth.