Lugsail

Word LUGSAIL
Character 7
Hyphenation lug sail
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Lugsail"

What do we mean by lugsail?

A quadrilateral sail that lacks a boom, has the foot larger than the head, and is bent to a yard hanging obliquely on the mast. noun

A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast at about one third of its length: a common rig for boats of men-of-war. Also lug. noun

A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. noun

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

A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast noun

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

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The word "lugsail" in example sentences

It's a Scottish lugsail dinghy of the older variety and she's a beauty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The foremast was rigged with a sail that Champlain called bourcet or lugsail, an irregular quadrilateral bent on a diagonal yard. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

The mainsail and lugsail could be used to run before the wind. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

Many carried a bourcet, or lugsail, on the foremast see below for an explanation, or two lugsails on the fore-and mainmasts as their only rig.15 ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

The lateen and lugsail could be close-hauled, allowing a vessel to sail very close to the wind. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

They were two-masted vessels with the mainmast forward, a lugsail, and a large lateen. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

He ordered the “anchor raised and lugsail spread to the wind,” and tried desperately to get clear of a lee shore. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

The foremast carried a lugsail that he called a bourcet on a yard that crossed the foremast at an oblique angle. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

She began to hoist her lugsail in a dazed, shiftless fashion, while our two boats drifted slowly to leeward. ❋ Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 (1955)

We then discovered a lugsail, which had belonged to one of the ship's boats; this we hoisted; and our craft was ready to sail. ❋ Charles Herbert Sylvester (N/A)

Smartly he ran up a small lugsail, and set his boat's head towards the stranger. ❋ Various (N/A)

These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships. ❋ Thomas Stanley Treanor (N/A)

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