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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as shallop.

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Examples

  • A small chaloupe laden with brandy was brought out from the harbor and confiscated.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Plan of a chaloupe biscayenne, collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Google images, www.famsf.org/image base.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • A plan of such a chaloupe biscayenne is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.22 Accounts survive of Biscay shallops on the coast of New France, some of them owned by Indians, who probably acquired them from Basque whalers.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Plan of a chaloupe biscayenne, collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Google images, www.famsf.org/image base.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Here again Champlain used two principal types of vessels: the moyenne middling barque and the chaloupe or shallop.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Here again Champlain used two principal types of vessels: the moyenne middling barque and the chaloupe or shallop.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • A plan of such a chaloupe biscayenne is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.22 Accounts survive of Biscay shallops on the coast of New France, some of them owned by Indians, who probably acquired them from Basque whalers.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • There is a beautiful country for driving and walking, and our chaloupe is now at anchor.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Meanwhile, he cast off in his chaloupe to look for another target.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • Meanwhile, he cast off in his chaloupe to look for another target.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

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