lugsail
Example Sentences
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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 Black, William
It looked like certain death to leap into that lugsail.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
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
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
There was something of a breeze, and they hoisted a lugsail so that they should run out to meet the steamer.
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
