Definition of sloop
: a fore-and-aft rigged boat with one mast and a single jib
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Wood died at age 88 of a heart attack while sailing alone in his sloop, the Nydia, near his home in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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John Fisher, a native of Britain who lived in Adelaide, Australia, went overboard from Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag’s 65-foot sloop in rough conditions Monday.
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Daniels Egery led a small force in capturing two British sloops and their crews, the Naval History and Heritage Command wrote.
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He and his wife Priscilla cruised on their sloops, Happy Face and Illusion, for many years on Long Island Sound.
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The festival takes its name from the Hudson River sloop Clearwater, which Seeger helped launch more than four decades ago.
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Death of Blackbeard — 300 years Early on the morning of November 18, 1718, Royal Navy lieutenant Robert Maynard mounted a brazen ambush of the elusive pirate Blackbeard, whose sloop Adventure was moored at Ocracoke Island in North Carolina.
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The festival supports the environmental work of the Hudson River sloop Clearwater, the creation and legacy of folk music icon Pete Seeger.
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For decades, Paxton has performed at this festival to support the environmental work of the Hudson River sloop Clearwater.
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Origin and Etymology of sloop
Dutch sloep
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SLOOP Defined for Kids
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Definition of sloop for Students
: a sailing boat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
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