lugsail

English

Etymology

lug +‎ sail

Pronunciation

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Noun

lugsail (plural lugsails)

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

sail

Catalan: vela cangrea (ca) f
Danish: luggersejl (da) n
Dutch: loggerzeil (nl) n
French: voile à corne f
German: Luggersegel (de) n
Irish: lug seoil m
Italian: aurica f, vela aurica f

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