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shallop - What does it mean?

Definition of 'shallop'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (archaic) A type of large boat; a sloop.
  • (archaic) A small boat, a dinghy.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vii:
  • Into the same she leapt, and with the ore / Did thrust the shallop from the floting strand: / So safetie found at sea, which she found not at land.

    Similar to 'shallop'

    schlep, scallop, schlepp, scollop, saloop, scaleup