lateen-rigged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lateen-rigged
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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August 2005 Originally built for the transport of goods, the 80-foot Tusitiri is an African dhow, or lateen-rigged ship, which anchors at Lamu Island, Kenya, and can be chartered.
From Architectural Digest • Mar. 1, 2010
Dr. Welsh has assembled many of the best-known paintings, from the burning and writhing Sunflowers through the spiky lateen-rigged boats on the Camargue beach at Stes.-Maries;
From Time Magazine Archive
Look at it sailing along like a tiny lateen-rigged boat.
From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by Overend, William Heysham
Although at times a mere blank speck on the gray waste of foam, a closer scrutiny showed it to be one of those lateen-rigged Italian fishing-boats that so often flecked the distant bay.
From Frontier Stories by Harte, Bret
Although at times a mere blank speck on the gray waste of foam, a closer scrutiny showed it to be one of those lateen-rigged Italian fishing boats that so often flecked the distant bay.
From On the Frontier by Harte, Bret
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