sloop

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They came to anchor between a number of tall trees, where the sloop was almost screened from sight.

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  1. 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.

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  1. Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch slūpen, to glide; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Dutch sloep, Middle Dutch sloepe (also diminutive sloepken), a sloop (cf. Low German sluup, slupe = Danish Swedish slup, sluppe, from D.), = German schlupe (also schloop, from English), a sloop; apparently (with an initial change not explained) from Old French chalupe (later English shallop = German schaluppe, etc.) = Spanish Portuguese chalupa = Italian scialuppa, a shallop: see shallop.
 

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