lugger

Definitions

Examples

• Hour after hour passed, and still the lugger went tearing through the dark waters.

• The lugger tore through the water with a mass of foam at her bows, which came flying in sheets over the deck.

• The men cheered, and rowed lustily, and soon the boat was within ten yards of the lugger, coming up to board at the side.

• He bent back to gain impetus, and then hurled the barrel into the boat as she came within a yard of the side of the lugger.

• The bullets were now whistling past the lugger, sometimes striking her sails, sometimes with a sharp tap hitting her hull or mast.