Meaning sloop-of-war
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sloop-of-warA warship smaller than a frigate with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.
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sloop-of-warA name given to the smallest three-masted sailing warships, having 8 to 22 cannon on only one deck. They were either fully rigged as ships (three-masted ship-sloop) or as snows (two-masted brig-sloop) [..]
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