Sloop+of+war
11sloop of war — n. small warship having guns on one deck only …
12Texan sloop-of-war Austin — The Texan sloop of war Austin was the flagship of the Second Texas Navy from 1840 1846. Commanded by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, she led a flotilla in the capture of Villahermosa in 1840. After a period of inaction in port, Austin participated in …
13Sloop — Sloop, n.[D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. {Shallop}.] 1. (Naut.) 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… …
14Sloop — For the military definition of sloop see: Sloop of war. : For the open learning project see: SLOOP Project. A sloop (from Dutch sloep ) is a sailboat with a fore and aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter. A sloop s… …
15Sloop — Au temps de la marine à voile, le sloop (déformation anglophone de chaloupe), ou plus exactement le sloop of war, désignait en Angleterre, les navires plus petits que les frégates, armés de dix à dix huit canons sur un seul pont. Les Anglais… …
16sloop — /sloohp/, n. a single masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Cf. cutter (def. 3), knockabout (def. 1).… …
17sloop — n. 1 a small one masted fore and aft rigged vessel with mainsail and jib. 2 (in full sloop of war) Brit. hist. a small warship with guns on the upper deck only. Phrases and idioms: sloop rigged rigged like a sloop. Etymology: Du. sloep(e), of… …
18sloop — noun 1》 a one masted sailing boat with a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft. 2》 (also sloop of war) historical a small square rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. 3》 a small anti submarine warship used for convoy escort in the Second …
19war vessel — noun a government ship that is available for waging war • Syn: ↑warship, ↑combat ship • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …
20Sloop — war in der britischen Marine im 18. bis Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts die Bezeichnung für ein nicht klassifiziertes, also von der Rangeinteilung der Kriegsschiffe nicht erfasstes Marinefahrzeug, das von einem Seeoffizier im Range eines… …
