lugsail
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
We then discovered a lugsail, which had belonged to one of the ship's boats; this we hoisted; and our craft was ready to sail.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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
