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balance lug

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.


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The balance lug so much in vogue is but a lateen sail with the fore-angle cut off.

It was fitted with a short, stiff mast and a balance lug-sail.

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