Lugsail

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.

    "1885, Alexander Stewart, ’Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-Lore of the West Highlands, Edinburgh: William Paterson, Chapter 46, p. 336, It was a bright afternoon, with just enough wind over the quarter to set our lugsail well abulge, and make our little “Penguin” dance merrily over the rippling wavelets."

  2. 2
    a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast wordnet

Synonyms

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lug

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"1885, Alexander Stewart, ’Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-Lore of the West Highlands, Edinburgh: William Paterson, Chapter 46, p. 336, It was a bright afternoon, with just enough wind over the quarter to set our lugsail well abulge, and make our little “Penguin” dance merrily over the rippling wavelets."

Etymology

From lug + sail.

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