Definitions for shallop

shallop shal·lop

Spelling: [shal-uh p]
IPA: /ˈʃæl əp/

Shallop is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in shallop (ahllops).

Definitions for shallop

noun

  1. any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters, especially a two-masted, gaff-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Origin of shallop

1570-80; French chaloupe German Schaluppe sloop

Examples for shallop

The kind Swedes brought me on board, and also righted and returned with the shallop.

They presently sent a shallop, conceiving they should have some thing by him.

Upon the stranger's approach, she pushes the shallop from the shore in alarm.

The shallop was run into the river-mouth and broken up the next day.

While at Nauset an Indian stole some trifle from the shallop as she lay in a creek.

The shallop was the most popular boat for use in the colony.

It was a shallop belonging to the fishing hamlet of Cape Ann.

At Nauset, now Eastham, their shallop was unfortunately wrecked.

"You will know soon enough when you are in the shallop," they replied.

A shallop was sent ashore, with five or six seamen, well-armed.

Word Value for shallop
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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