lug-sailn.
/ˈlʌɡseɪl/, /ˈlʌɡsl/, U.S. /ˈləɡs(ə)l/, /ˈləɡˌseɪl/ A four-cornered sail, bent upon a yard which is slung at about one-third or one-fourth of its length from one end, and so hangs obliquely. Also attributive.
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lug-sail1677
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1677 London Gaz. No. 1194/4 She is open in the Midships, and sails with a Lugsail, and one Topsail.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Lug-sail, a square sail..more particularly in the barca longas, navigated by the Spaniards.
1799 Naval Chron. 1 214 A lug-sail boat from Calais.
1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vii. 212 The boats with their reefed lugsails scudding for the harbour mouth.
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