shallop

(s̸haləp)

noun

any of various earlier small open boats fitted with oars or sails or both

Origin: Fr chaloupe, prob. < Du sloepe, sloop

See shallop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A large heavy boat, usually having two masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lugsails.
  2. A small open boat fitted with oars or sails, or both, and used primarily in shallow waters.

Origin:

Origin: French chaloupe

Origin: , from Dutch sloep, sloop; see sloop

Origin: , or perhaps from obsolete French chaloppe, nutshell (from Old French eschalope, from escale, eschale, shell, husk; see Scale 1)

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