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▪ I. sloop, n.1|sluːp|
Also 7 slope, sloope.
[ad. Du. sloep, = Fris. and LG. slûp, Da., Sw., Norw. slup, G. schlup; also older Du. sloepe (Kilian), LG. slupe, Da. sluppe, G. schlupe. The history of the Du. and LG. word is obscure, but it appears more probable that it is an adoption of F. chaloupe or Sp. chalupa than that it is the source of these. (F. has also sloop or sloupe from Eng. or Du.) Cf. chaloupe, shalloop, and shallop.]
1. a. A small, one-masted, fore-and-aft rigged vessel, differing from a cutter in having a jib-stay and standing bowsprit.
1629in Foster Eng. Factories India (1909) III. 315 They keepe allways some 5 or 6 sloopes and junks trading..from porte to porte. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative ii. 45 Some persons that belonged to a Sloop and a Shallop..were over desirous to save some of their Provision. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 285 The Trade from that Island to New Spain, is carry'd on generally by Sloops. 1775Johnson West. Isl. Wks. X. 486 Sloops are loaded with the concreted ashes. 1830Marryat King's Own ix, The vessels..are generally small luggers or sloops, from forty to sixty tons burthen. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 98 The little old sloops were generally family concerns.
b. A relatively small ship-of-war, carrying guns on the upper deck only. Also in full sloop-of-war.
(a)1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1130/4 St. Ann of Ostend, Burthen 16 Tuns,..a square stern'd open Sloop, with 2 Guns, and 20 Men. 1707Ibid. No. 4379/3 Her Majesty's Ship Somerset, with..the Weesel Sloop, and Isabella Yacht, is sail'd for the River. 1761Ann. Reg. 190 A short view of the whole royal navy..; 68 sloops, from 8 to 14 [guns] besides swivels. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 96 A flotilla of sloops and gun-brigs was attached to it. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2214 War-vessels of 2000 tons and upward,..carrying 12 to 22 heavy guns, are now termed sloops.
(b)1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) Hh 3, The sloops of war carry from 18 to 8 cannon. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 255 A number of frigates and sloops of war. 1836Marryat Midship. Easy vii, He had succeeded in obtaining his appointment to a sloop of war.
†2. A large open boat; a long-boat. Obs.
1631J. Taylor Turne of Fortune's Wheele (Halliw.) 22 In Zealand where our forces all were broake, Sloops, punts, and lighters, seventy-eight confounded. 1699Laws Nevis xxvii. (1740) 21 If any Person..steal..any fishing or other Boat, Canoe, Shallop, Sloop, Bark-log, or any other Vessel. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 518 Five Sloops or Boats,..full of Men... We..could see the Boats at a Distance, being five large Long-Boats.
3. attrib. and Comb., as sloop-broker, sloop load, sloop-man, sloop-model, sloop-rig, sloop-rigged.
1676T. Glover Acct. of Virginia in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. XI. 625 The sloop man dropped his grap-line. 1722De Foe Moll Flanders (Bohn) 281 A sloop load of..hogs and stores. 1737Calendar Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 229 Paid a Sloop man for 2 gals of rum. 1769Sloop-rigged [see rigged ppl. a.1 1 b]. 1840Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 69 What is the nature of your business as a sloop-broker? 1849G. Cupples Green Hand ii. (1856) 22 The saucy Iris—as perfect a sloop-model..as ever was eased off the ways of Chatham. 1862Zoologist XX. 8087, I saw three of them which a sloopman had towed behind his vessel. 1893Outing XXII. 146/1 The sloop-rig—jib and mainsail—is better than a single sail. 1894N. Brooks Tales of Maine Coast 33 The ‘Whisper’ was a sloop-rigged craft.
▪ II. sloop, n.2 Canada.|sluːp|
[Of obscure origin.]
A simple form of drag used in lumbering. Hence sloop v. trans., to draw on a sloop.
1891–in American Dicts. |