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 great bulk of the steamer soon floated away, and the lugsail was run up again, and the boat made slowly back for Castle Dare.
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
It looked like certain death to leap into that lugsail.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
She carried her full complement of oars, a mast, and lugsail.
From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis