lateen

And the lateen spread both her great wings like an albatross, and leaped and plunged, and flew before the mighty gale.

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

The typical Mediterranean mast of “lateen” (Latin) vessels is short and bends forward.

I will take the simplest, the most natural, the most beautiful of sails,—the lateen sail of the Mediterranean.