1. sloop - Noun
2. Sloop - Proper noun
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
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After a few months, his sloop became damaged beyond repair. Source: Internet
A sloop has a simple system of mast rigging — a forestay (connecting the mast to bow), a backstay (mast to stern) and shrouds (mast to sides). Source: Internet
A surviving example of the Q-ships is HMS Saxifrage, a Flower-class sloop of the Anchusa group completed in 1918. Source: Internet
A sloop is any boat that has a single mast and usually a single headsail (generally a jib) in addition to the mainsail ( Bermuda rig but c.f. Friendship sloop ). Source: Internet
By having only two sails, the individual sails of a sloop are larger than those of an equivalent cutter, yawl or ketch. Source: Internet