chaloupe

noun

cha·​loupe

shəˈlüp

plural -s

: a small French boat (as a ship's boat or harbor craft)

specifically : an obsolete French lug-rigged fishing boat

Word History

Etymology

French; perhaps akin to Old Provençal calup small boat

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