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To LABOUR to LAND-FALL
LAND-LOCKED to LASHING
LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE
LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG
LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS
LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK
LONG-BOAT to LUFF
LUFF-TACKLE to LYING-TO in a storm
LUFF-TACKLE
LUG-SAIL
LYING-TO or LYING BY
LYING-TO in a storm
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LUG-SAIL
LUG-SAIL, (treou, Fr.) a square sail, hoisted occasionally on the mast of a boat, or small vessel, upon a yard which hangs nearly at right angles with the mast. These are more particularly used in the barca longas, navigated by the Spaniards in the Mediterranean.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 185, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0836.html