lugsail

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Etymology

lug +‎ sail

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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,^[1]

     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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