lugsail

Example Sentences

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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

"Keep her close up, sir," said the man who had the sheet of the huge lugsail in both his hands, as he cast a glance out at the darkening sea.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

Lug-sail after lugsail, brown as the underside of a mushroom, hurries out among the waves.

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert

It looked like certain death to leap into that lugsail.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

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