Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for lugsail. Search instead for lugsails.
Definitions

lugsail

[luhg-seyl, luhg-suhl] / ˈlʌgˌseɪl, ˈlʌg səl /
NOUN
square sail
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

He has set the little black lugsail and the wind's fair.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss

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 Harold Bindloss

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

The lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.

From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss

These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training