Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a schooner, a foresail set without any boom.
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Examples
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After the compact was made, the boat was put in order, the men divided into watches, and they bore away under a reefed lug-foresail.
The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900
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May, when we bore away under a reefed lug-foresail; and having divided the people into watches, and got the boat into a little order, we returned thanks to God for our miraculous preservation, and, in full confidence of His gracious support, I found my mind more at ease than it had been for some time past. '
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences Sir John Barrow 1806
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