lateen sail

noun

a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.

First recorded in 1720–30

A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.

So off we go heeling well to the breeze as our funny, high-slung lateen sail drives us shoreward at a great rate.

From one corner of the lateen sail, Storms now noticed that a large crimson handkerchief was fluttering in the wind.

It had a small lateen-sail, but the mode of propulsion used most by MacGregor was his two-bladed paddle.

A sloop with a lateen sail lay at anchor in the rude harbor.

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