lugsail
Example Sentences
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He was right: the lugsail was careering out to us and came alongside at length, and, after fearful trouble, got fastened to the Fingal.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
The lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
The same afternoon the Swallow chased a large lugsail boat, with fourteen hands in her, and supposed to belong to the Kent.
From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton
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 Charles Herbert Sylvester
She carried a single mast, which listed forward; her lugsail was stretched upon dozens of bamboo yards; she drew hardly any water.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris
