lugsail

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

The light was growing each moment, the breeze dying fast, and presently the damp lugsail slatted against the mast.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold