Definition of Shallops. Meaning of Shallops. Synonyms of Shallops

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Definition of Shallops

Shallop
Shallop Shal"lop, n. [F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep. Cf. Sloop.] (Naut.) A boat. [She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. --Spenser. Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.

Meaning of Shallops from wikipedia

- from small boats a little larger than a banks dory to gunboats. Smaller shallops could maneuver far up narrow cr****s to take on cargo because they could...
- Queen Mary's Shallop is a 41.60-foot-long (12.68 m) British royal barge commissioned by William III for Queen Mary II in 1689. She was one of several...
- anchor inside of Sandy Hook. The w**** was spent in exploring the bay with a shallop, or small boat, and "they found a good entrance between two headlands"...
- alongside the similarly retired royal yacht, HMY Britannia. The Royal Shallop Jubilant was built for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II that took place...
- master of the shallop (see Boatswain) and to be part of the company. He signed the Mayflower Compact. He was a seaman on the ship's shallop with John Allerton...
- defined as "An officer of a ship who takes care of the ****boat, barge or shallop, with all its furniture, and is in readiness with his crew to man the boat...
- sick and infirm or loyal to Hudson—adrift from the Discovery in a small shallop, an open boat, effectively marooning them in Hudson Bay. The Pricket journal...
- HMS President Prince Frederick's Barge Ryde Pyronaut Queen Mary Queen Mary's Shallop Raven (1871) Raven (1889) Reaper Reminder Result RML 497 Robin Steam Pinnace...
- HMS President Prince Frederick's Barge Ryde Pyronaut Queen Mary Queen Mary's Shallop Raven (1871) Raven (1889) Reaper Reminder Result RML 497 Robin Steam Pinnace...
- and chased out of the bay by three smuggling vessels, a schooner and two shallops. A pitched battle between smugglers and excise men took place in the dock...