NOUN | artifact | lugsail, lug | a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast |
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Meaning | A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast. | |
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Synonym | lug | |
Part of | junk | Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails |
lugger | small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails | |
Broader | fore-and-aft sail | Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
Spanish | lugsail, vela al tercio | |
Catalan | lugsail |
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