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lugsail

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

Noun

lugsail (plural lugsails)

  1. A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.
    • 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.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
    • Junks have a deck and high masts, most commonly three, with four-cornered, coarse cotton sails, called lugsails, braced flat by bamboo strips or battens.1993, Funk & Wagnalls Corporation, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, volume 15, page 139

Forms of lugsail

plurallugsails

Origin of lugsail

From lug + sail.

Questions about lugsail

What does lugsail mean?
Lugsail means a quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.
What part of speech is lugsail?
Lugsail is a noun.
What is the plural of lugsail?
The plural of lugsail is lugsails.

Words near lugsail in the dictionary

  1. lugowing
  2. lugows
  3. lugs
  4. lugs in
  5. lugs out
  6. lugsail
  7. lugsails
  8. Lugsden
  9. lugsill
  10. lugsills
  11. lugsome

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