lugsail

Other forms: lugsails

Definitions of lugsail
  1. noun
    a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
    synonyms: lug
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    type of:
    fore-and-aft sail
    any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
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