lugsail
Example Sentences
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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
The origin of lugger is unknown, but the word is recorded a century later than lugsail, whence it is probably derived.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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
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 lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
