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sloop  n a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow 
Compare   cutter   2  (C17: from Dutch sloep; related to French chaloupe launch, Old English slupan to glide) 
sloop of war    n 
(formerly) a small fast sailing warship mounting some 10 to 30 small calibre guns on one deck 
sloop-rigged   adj 
 (Nautical) 
rigged as a sloop, typically with a jib and a mainsail