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Definition of Lugsail
1. Noun. A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast.
Definition of Lugsail
1. n. A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Definition of Lugsail
1. Noun. (nautical) A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lugsail
1. a type of sail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lugsail
Literary usage of Lugsail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"81).—This is also a very handy rig, and extensively used on the coast. It is the
working lugsail previously referred to ..."
2. Pugsley's New Guide to the United States Local Inspectors Examination of by Richard Mariotte Pugsley (1917)
"1 spare oar and rowlock, 1 steering oar, with rowlock or becket, 2 boat hooks,
1 bailer, 1 bucket; 1 lugsail, with sheet, tack, and reef earings, ..."
3. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"Fore mast, deck to sheave 37 6 Foot of fore lugsail 34 0 Mizen mast, deck to
sheave 29 0 Head of fore lugsail 28 0 Milton pole to halyard sheave 8 6 Clew to ..."
4. Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia by Herbert Warington Smyth (1906)
"The luff oi the old dipping lugsail before the mast has become a ... the size
and shape of the former lugsail as it stood abaft the mast. ..."
5. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances, Used in Constructive by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1899)
"A foremast, schooner-rig, of sheet and jib, with a lugsail and mast at the stern.
lugsail extended by a boom. 2, jib; 5, mainsail; 8, jigger. 774. ..."
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