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lugsail

[ luhg-seyl; Nautical luhg-suhl ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. a quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely.


lugsail

/ ˈlʌɡsəl; lʌɡ /

noun

  1. nautical a four-sided sail bent and hoisted on a yard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lugsail1

1670–80; Middle English lugge pole (now dial.; log 1 ) + sail
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lugsail1

C17: perhaps from Middle English (now dialect) lugge pole, or from lugge ear
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Sink me lugsail parley flogging knave quarterdeck ballast.

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She rolled on the angry combers and the boom that stretched the lugsail's foot tossed up.

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Didn't you have a bright, varnished boat with a teak topstrake and a red standing lugsail?

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There's a nice southwester blowing now, and under the big lugsail we ought to overhaul the canoe before he does so.

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She carried her full complement of oars, a mast, and lugsail.

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