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shallop

N เรือน้ำ ตื้น

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHALLOP

n.[This word is changed into sloop; but the two words have now different significations.] 1. A sort of large boat with two masts, and usually rigged like a schooner.
2. A small light vessel with a main-mast and fore-mast, with lug-sails.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHALLOP

Shal "lop, n. Etym: [F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep. Cf. Sloop. ](Naut. )

Defn: A boat. [She ] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.

Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.

New American Oxford Dictionary

shallop

shal lop |ˈSHaləp ˈʃæləp | ▶noun chiefly historical a light sailboat used mainly for coastal fishing or as a tender. • a large heavy boat with one or more masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lug sails and sometimes equipped with guns. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep ‘sloop. ’

Oxford Dictionary

shallop

shallop |ˈʃaləp | ▶noun chiefly historical a light sailing boat used mainly for coastal fishing or as a tender. • a large, heavy boat with one or more masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lug sails, sometimes equipped with guns. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep ‘sloop ’.