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
The lateen-rigged corsairs had been banished from their lairs in the harbors of Algiers, and ships needed to show no broadsides of cannon in the Atlantic trade.
From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Ralph Delahaye Paine
The approaching vessel was lateen-rigged, with two masts, and of great beam; and though low in the water, and at a distance looking small, capable of carrying a considerable number of men.
From Old Jack by William Henry Giles Kingston
Some possessed only lateen-rigged craft, or open boats, but others owned fine large vessels, ships and brigs, strongly armed and manned.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
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