lugsail
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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 Ernest Weekley
In a short time a breeze sprang up, when we hoisted our little lugsail, and skimmed merrily over the water, just rippled into wavelets by the brisk breeze.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
Then he could make out the dark figures on the quay, and the hoisting of the lugsail, and the putting off of the boat.
From Macleod of Dare by William Black
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 William Black
Smartly he ran up a small lugsail, and set his boat's head towards the stranger.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
