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.
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n.1680- to pull by the ears
- to pull by the etc
- to pull by the nose
- to pull by the sleeve
- to pull caps
- to pull down
- to pull down one's sail or sails
- to pull etc
- to pull etc a rabbit out of a hat
- to pull etc oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- to pull focus
- to pull foot
- to pull for prime
- to pull free
- to pull g's
- to pull in
- to pull in one's belt
- to pull in pieces
- to pull in the same boat
- to pull it
- to pull it out of the hat
- to pull leather