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Meaning of lugsail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Deutsch Luggersegel
Français voile à corne
Gaeilge lug seoil
Italiano aurica vela aurica
Nederlands loggerzeil

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Lugsden lugsill Lugton lugubriosity Lugubrious Lugubriously

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