lugsail

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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)

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 gig carried a small mast and lugsail, and, the faint wind blowing fair down the creek, the Captain suggested our hoisting them.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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

It looked like certain death to leap into that lugsail.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner