lugsail

Example Sentences

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We got back to Lerwick in a lugsail that was full of passengers, potatoes, and milk-cans.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

On one occasion, in the West Highlands, I availed myself of a lugsail ferry to cross an arm of the sea and so avoid a long détour by land.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

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 Admiral Hood was a small dandy-rigged fore-and-after, that is to say, she was a cutter with a small mizzen on which she would set a lugsail.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

One could hardly see her low, gray hull, but the tanned lugsail cut sharply against the bank, and its slant and the splash of foam at the bows indicated speed.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold