| English Dictionary |
SLOOP OF WAR
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does sloop of war mean?
• SLOOP OF WAR (noun)
The noun SLOOP OF WAR has 1 sense:
1. a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck
Familiarity information: SLOOP OF WAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sloop of war" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Context examples
Did I ever tell you how we laid aboard the French sloop of war Minerve—hey, Tregellis?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"There's no accounting for taste." (English proverb)
"If you do not have malice inside, it will not come from outside." (Albanian proverb)
"I see I forget. I hear I remember. I do I understand." (Chinese proverb)
"Nothing is blacker than the pan." (Corsican proverb)
"If you do not have malice inside, it will not come from outside." (Albanian proverb)
"I see I forget. I hear I remember. I do I understand." (Chinese proverb)
"Nothing is blacker than the pan." (Corsican proverb)