lugsail

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She carried a single mast, which listed forward; her lugsail was stretched upon dozens of bamboo yards; she drew hardly any water.

From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank

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)

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)

We felt about, and found a lugsail and an oar.

From The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book by Unknown

It has got out of the set of the tide and has the wind well abeam, just the thing for that lugsail she carries.”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)