lugsail

Example Sentences

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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

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.)

Then he could make out the dark figures on the quay, and the hoisting of the lugsail, and the putting off of the boat.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

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