lugsail

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.

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

We felt about, and found a lugsail and an oar.

From The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book by Unknown

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

There's a nice southwester blowing now, and under the big lugsail we ought to overhaul the canoe before he does so.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold