lugsail
Example Sentences
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Didn't you have a bright, varnished boat with a teak topstrake and a red standing lugsail?
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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
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 Holmes, Daniel Turner
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 lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
