Also 8 chaloup. [F.; prob. ad. Du. sloep SLOOP.] A kind of French boat; = SHALLOP.
1699. R. L’Estrange, Colloq. Erasm. (1711), 47. A great many People at Calis that took a Chaloup to put them aboard a great Ship.
1721. Phil. Trans., XXXI. 248. The Chaloups that tow, are in close Fight liable to be sunk by the Enemy’s Cannon.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., s.v., The gun-boats on the French coasts were frequently termed chaloupes, and carried one heavy gun, with a crew of 40 men.
