lugsail
Noun

lugsail (plural lugsails)

  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.
Translations
  • French: voile à corne
  • German: Luggersegel
  • Italian: aurica, vela aurica



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