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lugsail
[ luhg-seyl; Nautical luhg-suhl ]
noun
Nautical.
- a quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely.
lugsail
/ ˈlʌɡsəl; lʌɡ /
noun
- nautical a four-sided sail bent and hoisted on a yard
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yvlog History and Origins
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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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