lugsail

Example Sentences

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There's a nice southwester blowing now, and under the big lugsail we ought to overhaul the canoe before he does so.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold

Somebody was carrying a light on her deck, and the giant shadow of a man's figure was cast up on the new lugsail.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

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

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