noun
- plural of sloop: small sailing boats with one mast and a fore-and-aft rigged mainsail and jib
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The harbor was filled with elegant sloops preparing for the regatta.
- Two sloops sailed past the lighthouse at sunset.
- The yacht club maintains a fleet of racing sloops.
- Several sloops were anchored in the protected cove.
- The sailing instructor taught students how to handle small sloops.
- Historic sloops were once used for coastal trading.