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lugsail

[luhg-seyl, luhg-suhl] / ˈlʌgˌseɪl, ˈlʌg səl /
NOUN
square sail
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The great bulk of the steamer soon floated away, and the lugsail was run up again, and the boat made slowly back for Castle Dare.

From Macleod of Dare by William Black

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

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 Sir Hall Caine

The gig carried a small mast and lugsail, and, the faint wind blowing fair down the creek, the Captain suggested our hoisting them.

From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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

From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy




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