lugsail

American  

[luhg-seyl, luhg-suhl] / ˈlʌgˌseɪl, ˈlʌg səl /

noun

Nautical.

1. a quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely.

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lugsail British  

/ ˈlʌɡsəl, lʌɡ /

noun

1. nautical a four-sided sail bent and hoisted on a yard

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Etymology

Origin of lugsail

1670–80; Middle English lugge pole (now dial.; cf. log ¹) + sail

Example Sentences

The origin of lugger is unknown, but the word is recorded a century later than lugsail, whence it is probably derived.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

That evening, however, when halfway home, a squall suddenly struck our own lightened boat, which was rigged with one large lugsail, and capsized her.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

The Admiral Hood was a small dandy-rigged fore-and-after, that is to say, she was a cutter with a small mizzen on which she would set a lugsail.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

There was something of a breeze, and they hoisted a lugsail so that they should run out to meet the steamer.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

He has set the little black lugsail and the wind's fair.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold