What's the difference between lugger and lugsail?

Lugger


Definition:

  • (n.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.
  • (n.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the north side of his uncle raced the fresh-painted Aztec, the sailing lugger owned by the Czechs who lived on the river, and knifing between, but coming in, was The Two Sons, its decks piled high with sacks of oysters, Jackie standing at the very bow, raising his arms and waving with big sweeps of his sun-brightened hands.
  • (2) The day before, he'd seen the big wooden oyster lugger The Two Sons go by, loaded down, and he'd waved at his cousins Henry and Rene where they sat on the deck sorting what they had dredged up from their lease, even though Henry and Rene had been dead of old age for many years and The Two Sons lay sunk and rotting in Lake Borgne.

Lugsail


Definition:

  • (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

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