Meaning

1 senses
  1. A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.

    Luggersegel

    a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
sail:

Origin

From lug + sail.

From lug + sail.

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Forms

plural: lugsails
Singularlugsail
Plurallugsails

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast:lug

See also

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