<span class="searchmatch">sloops</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> plural <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">sloop</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">sloops</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>) (UK, military, historical) A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns....
chalupa and shallop. enPR: slo͞op, IPA(key): /sluːp/ Rhymes: -uːp <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">sloops</span>) (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. 1789...
(nautical, historical) An opening in the side <span class="searchmatch">of</span> small warships, such as <span class="searchmatch">sloops</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>, placed near the surface <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather...
progressive <span class="searchmatch">war</span> prowar pro-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> secession <span class="searchmatch">war</span> ship <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> ship <span class="searchmatch">war</span> shooting <span class="searchmatch">war</span> sinews <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> spasm <span class="searchmatch">war</span> spoils <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> state <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> theater <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span>, theatre...
His Majesty's men-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>—frigates, <span class="searchmatch">sloops</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span>, cutters, fire-ships, and every kind <span class="searchmatch">of</span> vessel employed to beat off the enemies <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the country, who would...
шлю́пы, genitive plural шлю́пов) (nautical) <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span> (single-masted sailboat) (historical, military) <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span>-<span class="searchmatch">of</span>-<span class="searchmatch">war</span> (warship with a single gun deck that carried...
mast, and bowsprit; also a <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span> ship-rigged. (Can we find and add a quotation <span class="searchmatch">of</span> Ingraham to this entry?) Part or all <span class="searchmatch">of</span> this entry has been imported...
Page 60: The fact <span class="searchmatch">of</span> their existence at Nagasaki having been communicated to the American commissioner at Canton, the <span class="searchmatch">sloop</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">war</span>, Preble, was dispatched...
historical) A type <span class="searchmatch">of</span> warship, lighter in armor and armament, and slower than a destroyer, originally used for convoy escort during World <span class="searchmatch">War</span> II; now considered...