lateen-rigged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lateen-rigged
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Ten large ships, fitted with heavy guns and all the munitions of war then known, with five lateen-rigged caravels, formed the fleet.
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The privateer was a fine, lateen-rigged vessel, carrying two large sails, and her decks as full of men as possible—we judge from seventy to eighty.
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The relative position of the two parts of the brake reminds one of the mast and yard of a lateen-rigged boat.
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The latter and the fore and main masts were square-rigged, and the mizzen was lateen-rigged.
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The Pinta was strongly built, and was originally lateen-rigged on all three masts, and she was the fastest sailer in the expedition; but she was only fifty tons burden, with a complement of eighteen men.
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