Definition of sloop-rigged in US English:
sloop-rigged
adjectiveˈslo͞opˌriɡdˈslupˌrɪɡd
(of a sailing boat) having one mast and a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft.
Example sentencesExamples
- He knew that the course of a sloop-rigged sailing boat can, within certain limits, be controlled by hauling in or paying out the jib sail.
- These courses are conducted on 35’ or larger sloop-rigged keelboats with wheel steering and inboard diesel power.
- They are sloop-rigged, open boats, of large size, and fine appearance, suitable for the prosecution of the winter fisheries.
- This type of sloop-rigged canal sloop was common in the period between 1840 and 1862.
- Its two masts look sloop-rigged for speed, but its rigging hangs in snapped and tangled confusion.