Lugsail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lugsail \Lug"sail`\, n. (Naut.)
     A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the
     mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. --Totten.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  lugsail
       n : a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is
           oblique to the mast [syn: {lug}]