In dictionaries:
Friendship Sloop
A kind of gaff-rigged working boat that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880 and has survived as a traditional-style sailboat.
ship sloop
sloop rigged
Single mast, one headsail setup.
sloop of war
Small, single-masted warship, armed.
masthead sloop
(nautical) A sailboat whose forestay goes from the masthead to the bow
Sloop John B
"Sloop John B" (originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau.
Black Swan-class sloop
The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.
Bermuda sloop
a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century.
Shoreham-class sloop
The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s.
Flower-class sloop
The Flower class comprised five sub-classes of sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy during World War I, all of which were named after various flowers.
Egret-class sloop
The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy.
Bittern-class sloop
a three-ship class of long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy.
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