English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "lugger" het verskeie woordeboekbetekenisse, insluitend:'n Klein, gewoonlik tweemast-seilboot, wat dikwels vir visvang of kushandel gebruik word. 'n Soort binnebrandenjin met 'n stadige, kragtige slag, wat dikwels in mariene aandrywing gebruik word.'n Persoon wat swaar voorwerpe dra of sleep, gewoonlik op 'n moeisame of ongeskoolde manier. 'n Toestel of meganisme om swaar voorwerpe te dra of te vervoer.Die spesifieke betekenis van "lugger" sal afhang van die konteks waarin die woord gebruik word.

Sentence Examples

  1. This creek was sufficiently wide at its mouth, and deep in the centre, to admit of the entrance of a small vessel of the lugger class, which would be perfectly concealed from observation.
  2. It was in this costume, and bringing back to Jacopo the shirt and trousers he had lent him, that Edmond reappeared before the captain of the lugger, who had made him tell his story over and over again before he could believe him, or recognize in the neat and trim sailor the man with thick and matted beard, hair tangled with seaweed, and body soaking in seabrine, whom he had picked up naked and nearly drowned.