lugsail

Example Sentences

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

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold

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

The lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold

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 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 Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)