lugsail

[ luhg-seyl; Nautical luhg-suh l ]

/ ˈlʌgˌseɪl; Nautical ˈlʌg səl /

a quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely.

Also called lug.

Origin of lugsail

1670–80; Middle English lugge pole (now dial.; cf. log¹) + sail

lughnasadh, lughole, lugo, lugones, lugosi, lugsail, lugubrious, lugworm, luhrmann, luhsien, luichow

These boats carry one lugsail on a mast shipped well amidships.

Heroes of the Goodwin Sands |Thomas Stanley Treanor
She carried a single mast, which listed forward; her lugsail was stretched upon dozens of bamboo yards; she drew hardly any water.

Moran of the Lady Letty |Frank Norris
Marston had had the lugsail and jib made in England by a famous yacht-chandler, and the boat was fast.

Wyndham's Pal |Harold Bindloss
The peak of her lugsail is cut very high, and her mast, yard, and boom are very light and workmanlike.

Yachting Vol. 1 |Various.

The great bulk of the steamer soon floated away, and the lugsail was run up again, and the boat made slowly back for Castle Dare.

Macleod of Dare |William Black

lugsail

/ (ˈlʌɡsəl) /

nautical a four-sided sail bent and hoisted on a yard

C17: perhaps from Middle English (now dialect) lugge pole, or from lugge ear