lugsail

Example Sentences

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We felt about, and found a lugsail and an oar.

From The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book by Unknown

One could hardly see her low, gray hull, but the tanned lugsail cut sharply against the bank, and its slant and the splash of foam at the bows indicated speed.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold

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

These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley

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