lugsail en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From lug + sail.
Meanings
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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.
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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| lugsails | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
it vela aurica (sail) · da luggersejl (sail) · fi loggerttipurje (sail) · it aurica (sail) · fr voile à corne (sail) · de Luggersegel (sail) · nl loggerzeil (sail) · ca vela cangrea (sail) · ga lug seoil (sail)