shallop /ˈʃæ.ləp/ noun4 •(no longer used) A kind of light boat. •(no longer used) A shallow-draft riverboat. •(no longer used) A dinghy.Into the same she leapt, and with the ore / Did thrust the shallop from the floting strand: / So safetie found at sea, which she found not at land. — 1590 •(no longer used) A kind of large boat; a sloop. formsshallops