chaloupen.
/ʃaˈluːp(ə)/ A kind of French boat; = shallop n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > other small
brigantine1525
shallop1590
chaloupe1680
pookhaun1851
1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies ii. 42 A great many people at Calis that took a Chaloup to put them aboard a great Ship.
1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 248 The Chaloups that tow, are in close Fight liable to be sunk by the Enemy's Cannon.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The gun-boats on the French coasts were frequently termed chaloupes, and carried one heavy gun, with a crew of 40 men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1680- steam-kiln
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- steam-launch
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- steam-like
- steam-mill
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- steam-navigation
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- steam-navy
- steam-omnibus
- steam-operated
- steam-organ
- steam-oven
- steam-owner
- steam-packet
- steam-pan
- steam-pipe
- steam-plough
- steam-ploughing
- steam-pocket
- steam-pocketing
- steam-port
- steam-pot
- steam-pump