sloop1 (slop)

[ E. shal lop = G. schaluppe, etc.) = Sp. Pg. chalupa = It. scialuppa, a shallop: see shallop.] A small fore and-aft rigged ve el with one mast, generally Sloop. carrying a jib, fore-staysail, mainsail, and gaff topsail. Some sloops formerly had a square topsail. It is generally understood that a sloop differs from a cutter by having fixed bowsprit, but names are used somewhat indiscriminately. In the days of sailing ve els, and of the earlier steam naval marine, now becoming obsolete, a sloop of war was a ve el of ship-rig carrying guns on the upper deck only, and rather smaller than a corvette, See also cut under cutter. A Jamaica Sloop , that was come over on the Coast to trade, went with us. Dampier , Voyages, an. 1681 (3d ed. corrected, 1698). sloop2 (slöp), п . In lumbering , a strong crutch of hard wood, with a strong bar acro the limbs, used for drawing timber out of a swamp or inacce ible place. [Canada.] sloop2 (slöp), v. t. To draw (logs of timber) on a sloop. [Canada.] sloop-rigged (slöp'rigd), a. Rigged like a sloop -that is, having one mast with jib and main sail.