lugsail

Example Sentences

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The lugsail rustled down, the mast was lowered.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold

Smartly he ran up a small lugsail, and set his boat's head towards the stranger.

From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.

There was something of a breeze, and they hoisted a lugsail so that they should run out to meet the steamer.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

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

It looked like certain death to leap into that lugsail.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner