Definitions for shallops

shallops shal·lop

Spelling: [shal-uh p]
IPA: /ˈʃæl əp/

Shallops is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in shallops (ahllopss).

Definitions for shallops

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 shallops

1570-80; French chaloupe German Schaluppe sloop

Examples for shallops

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for shallops
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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