sloop

• n. [船]スループ。
• n.(Sloop)人名;(Eng.)坂道

語源は不明だが、おそらく中オランダ語のslupen「滑り台」が語源で、語源はslipと同じ。

sloop (n.)

"small fore and aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-stay sail, mainsail, and gaff-topsail," 1620s, from Dutch sloep "a sloop;" probably from French chaloupe, from Old French chalupe "small, sloop-rigged vessel," which is perhaps related to English shallop [OED]. But according to Barnhart and Watkins the Dutch word might simply be from Middle Dutch slupen "to glide," from PIE *sleubh- (see sleeve). In old military use, a small ship of war carrying guns on the upper deck only (1670s).

1. They heeled the sloop well over,skimming it along to windward.

彼らはシングルマストボートを適切に傾斜させ、風に乗って前方に滑らせる。

2.An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop .

この護衛艦に敵駆逐艦が迫ってきた。

3.They heeled the sloop well over,skimming her along to windward.

彼らはシングルマストボートを適切に傾斜させ、風に乗って前方に滑るようにした。

4.A sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.

海岸に近い暗礁の間に暗礁があると言っている。

5.It was，in short，a sledge rigged like a sloop .

フォックさんが見たのはまさに一本マスト船式のそりだった。