sloop

(slo̵̅o̅p)

noun

a fore-and-aft-rigged, single-masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and a jib

Origin: Du sloep < LowG sluup < slupen (akin to OE slupan), to glide: for IE base see slip

See sloop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch sloep

Origin: , from Middle Dutch slūpen, to glide; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots

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