Dictionary entry

Lug (5)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lug, n. 1. A rod or pole. Wright.

2. A measure of length, being 16½ feet; a rod, pole, or perch. “ Eight lugs of ground.” Spenser.

Chimney lug, orLug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. Whittier.