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Definition of Sloop of war
1. Noun. A sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloop Of War
| sloke sloken slokened slokening slokens slombry slood sloom sloomed sloomier | sloomiest slooming slooms sloomy sloop sloop of war (current term) slooplike sloops sloosh slooshed | slooshes slooshing sloot sloots slop-seller |
Literary usage of Sloop of war
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Photographic History of the Civil War: Thousands of Scenes Photographed by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"... will be seen again—the US sloop-of-war "Portsmouth" at anchor and drying out
her sails. An honorable record did this old corvette leave behind her. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"William Burrows, captured English sloop of war (of the same force) Boxer, Capt.
... Johnston Blakeley, in the 18-gun sloop of war Wasp, captured the English ..."
3. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"Steam-propeller sloop of war "Swatara," 10 guns op; new "Swatara" built at ...
Steam sloop of war " Chattanooga," built at Kensington ..."
4. The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution by Philip Morin Freneau, Fred Lewis Pattee (1902)
"... with the General Monk, Sloop of War, and Fair American, privateer ; the General
Monk having eighteen nine pounders and one hundred and fifty men. ..."
5. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"... cargo of goods taken from the enemy, with the loss of her captain in an
engagement with a British sloop-of-war, after the capture of several vessels. ..."
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