lugsail

Example Sentences

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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 Bindloss, Harold

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)

In a short time a breeze sprang up, when we hoisted our little lugsail, and skimmed merrily over the water, just rippled into wavelets by the brisk breeze.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

The explanation of lugsail as a sail that is lugged seems to be a piece of folk-etymology.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest