单词 | sloop |
释义 | sloopn.1 1. a. A small, one-masted, fore-and-aft rigged vessel, differing from a cutter in having a jib-stay and standing bowsprit. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > sloop sloop1629 1629 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 315 They keepe allways some 5 or 6 sloopes and junks trading..from porte to porte. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 45 Some persons that belonged to a Sloop and a Shallop..were over desirous to save some of their Provision. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 285 The Trade from that Island to New Spain, is carry'd on generally by Sloops. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 316 Sloops are loaded with the concreted ashes. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. ix. 136 The vessels..are generally small luggers or sloops, from forty to sixty tons burthen. 1885 J. 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > sloop sloop1676 (a) (b)1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Rates The sloops of war carry from 18 to 8 cannon.1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 255 A number of frigates and sloops of war.1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. vii. 87 He had succeeded in obtaining his appointment to a sloop of war.1676 London Gaz. No. 1130/4 St. Ann of Ostend, Burthen 16 Tuns,..a square stern'd open Sloop, with 2 Guns, and 20 Men. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4379/3 Her Majesty's Ship Somerset, with..the Weesel Sloop, and Isabella Yacht, is sail'd for the River. 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 190 A short view of the whole royal navy..; 68 sloops, from 8 to 14 [guns] besides swivels. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iii. 96 A flotilla of sloops and gun-brigs was attached to it. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2214/2 War-vessels of 2000 tons and upward,..carrying 12 to 22 heavy guns, are now termed sloops. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun] > undecked sloop1631 1631 J. Taylor Sudden Turn Fortunes Wheel (Halliw.) 22 In Zealand where our forces all were broake, Sloops, punts, and lighters, seventy-eight confounded. 1699 Laws Nevis (1740) xxvii. 21 If any Person..steal..any fishing or other Boat, Canoe, Shallop, Sloop, Bark-log, or any other Vessel. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 259 Five Sloops or Boats,..full of Men... We..could see the Boats at a Distance, being five large Long-Boats. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as sloop-broker, sloop load, sloop-man, sloop-model, sloop-rig, sloop-rigged. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > rigged > in specific ways lateen1540 high-riggeda1547 tall1548 well-rigged1577 under-sailed1599 over-rigged1627 schooner-rigged1769 sloop-rigged1769 ketch-rigged1775 spritsail1791 brig-rigged1796 square-rigged1802 ship-rigged1803 taunt-rigged1825 Bermudian-rigged1846 Bermudian1847 maphrodite1849 bark-rigged1858 butter-rigged1881 jackass rigged1883 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 625 The sloop man dropped his grap-line. 1715 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XLIV. 146 To deliver two hogsheads of Fish to Joshua Wetherell sloopman or coaster. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders (Bohn) 281 A sloop load of..hogs and stores. 1737 Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 229 Paid a Sloop man for 2 gals of rum. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1780) Vergue en boute dehors, the main-boom of a sloop-rigged, or schooner-rigged vessel. 1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 69 What is the nature of your business as a sloop-broker? 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand ii. 14/1 The saucy Iris—as perfect a sloop model..as ever was eased off the ways at Chatham. 1862 Zoologist 20 8087 I saw three of them which a sloopman had towed behind his vessel. 1893 Outing 22 146/1 The sloop-rig—jib and mainsail—is better than a single sail. 1894 N. Brooks Tales Maine Coast 33 The ‘Whisper’ was a sloop-rigged craft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sloopn.2 Canadian. A simple form of drag used in lumbering. ΚΠ 1891– in American Dicts. DerivativesCategories » sloop v. (transitive) to draw on a sloop. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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