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‖ chaloupe|ʃalup|
Also 8 chaloup.
[F.; prob. ad. Du. sloep sloop.]
A kind of French boat; = shallop.
1699R. L'Estrange Colloq. Erasm. (1711) 47 A great many People at Calis that took a Chaloup to put them aboard a great Ship. 1721Phil. Trans. XXXI. 248 The Chaloups that tow, are in close Fight liable to be sunk by the Enemy's Cannon. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., The gun-boats on the French coasts were frequently termed chaloupes, and carried one heavy gun, with a crew of 40 men. |