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- noun Plural form of
shallop .
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Examples
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A lone falcon circled the colorless sky above the River Thames, high at first, then dropping lower to gaze at the waterfowl bobbing amid anchored shallops and ships on the murky water.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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A lone falcon circled the colorless sky above the River Thames, high at first, then dropping lower to gaze at the waterfowl bobbing amid anchored shallops and ships on the murky water.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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A lone falcon circled the colorless sky above the River Thames, high at first, then dropping lower to gaze at the waterfowl bobbing amid anchored shallops and ships on the murky water.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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He picked a place on a small creek where pinnaces and shallops could land at high tide, with the meadows nearby, a great growth of trees, and an abundance of snow geese.52
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Such techniques worked better for small shallops than for middling barques.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Kirke informed Champlain that he had seized the post at Miscou Island and had taken all the French pinnaces and shallops on that coast, as well as those at Tadoussac.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Contemporary drawings suggest that her hull design was very different from that of the larger navires and smaller shallops, which typically had bluff bows, a broad beam, a lee board, and a large degree of “tumble home” that was much favored in the early seventeenth century.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Two French shallops were now filled with heavily armed men, and many canoes were crowded with hundreds of Indian warriors.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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One of his last tasks was to load shallops aboard his ship, and to acquire several midsized shallow-draft vessels, designed for exploration and trade on the St. Lawrence River.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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While Champlain was sorting out these questions, the carpenters were outfitting two shallops for travel on the river.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shallops
At the end of the very long list of ships captured at Yorktown is the final item:
"Besides many other vessels sunk, and a very great number of shallops and schooners. The Naval Prisoners, exclusive of those belonging to the private transports and other vessels, are 840."
October 29, 2007
whichbe commented on the word shallops
The inevitability of getting ops.
October 18, 2008