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

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

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

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

The French for lugsail is voile de fortune, and a still earlier name, which occurs also in Tudor English, is bonaventure, i.e., good luck.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest