lugsail
Example Sentences
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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
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)
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
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
These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley
