lugger

[ luhg-er ]

nounNautical.
  1. a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.

Origin of lugger

1
First recorded in 1785–95; lug(sail) + -er1

Words Nearby lugger

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How to use lugger in a sentence

  • Hour after hour passed, and still the lugger went tearing through the dark waters.

    Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
  • The lugger tore through the water with a mass of foam at her bows, which came flying in sheets over the deck.

    Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
  • The men cheered, and rowed lustily, and soon the boat was within ten yards of the lugger, coming up to board at the side.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
  • He bent back to gain impetus, and then hurled the barrel into the boat as she came within a yard of the side of the lugger.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
  • The bullets were now whistling past the lugger, sometimes striking her sails, sometimes with a sharp tap hitting her hull or mast.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for lugger

lugger

/ (ˈlʌɡə) /


noun
  1. nautical a small working boat rigged with a lugsail

Origin of lugger

1
C18: from lugsail

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