Lugger


[luhg-er] /ˈlʌg ər/

noun, Nautical.
1.
a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.
/ˈlʌɡə/
noun
1.
(nautical) a small working boat rigged with a lugsail
n.

“small fishing or coasting boat,” 1757, from lugsail (see lug (n.)) or else from Dutch logger “to fish with a dragnet.”

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