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

She carried her full complement of oars, a mast, and lugsail.

From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis

One could hardly see her low, gray hull, but the tanned lugsail cut sharply against the bank, and its slant and the splash of foam at the bows indicated speed.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold

Didn't you have a bright, varnished boat with a teak topstrake and a red standing lugsail?

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

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