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 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.
From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.
Presently a lateen-rigged craft, a pilot vessel, came sweeping out from behind the high, threatening rocks, on the summit of which the massive fortifications guarding the entrance of the port were now discernible.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
A light lateen-rigged vessel of small burden, formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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