lugsail

[ luhg-seyl; Nautical luhg-suh l ]

/ ˈlʌgˌseɪl; Nautical ˈlʌg səl /

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noun Nautical.

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

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Origin of lugsail

1670–80; Middle English lugge pole (now dial.; cf. log¹) + sail

Also called lug.

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Examples from the Web for lugsail

These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships.
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands|Thomas Stanley Treanor
She carried a single mast, which listed forward; her lugsail was stretched upon dozens of bamboo yards; she drew hardly any water.
Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris
Marston had had the lugsail and jib made in England by a famous yacht-chandler, and the boat was fast.
Wyndham's Pal|Harold Bindloss
The peak of her lugsail is cut very high, and her mast, yard, and boom are very light and workmanlike.
Yachting Vol. 1|Various.

The great bulk of the steamer soon floated away, and the lugsail was run up again, and the boat made slowly back for Castle Dare.
Macleod of Dare|William Black

British Dictionary definitions for lugsail

lugsail

lug (lʌɡ)

/ (ˈlʌɡsəl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for lugsail

C17: perhaps from Middle English (now dialect) lugge pole, or from lugge ear

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