lugsail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lugsail
1670–80; Middle English lugge pole (now dial.; cf. log 1) + sail
Example Sentences
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Smartly he ran up a small lugsail, and set his boat's head towards the stranger.
From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.
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.
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
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)
The light was growing each moment, the breeze dying fast, and presently the damp lugsail slatted against the mast.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
Somebody was carrying a light on her deck, and the giant shadow of a man's figure was cast up on the new lugsail.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
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