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lateen sail

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noun

a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.

Origin of lateen sail

First recorded in 1720–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for lateen sail

Historical Examples of lateen sail

This sail, it has been noticed, 'is set at the same angle as the lateen-sail' of the Malays.
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
Various
Each has a single mast and a lateen-sail, like the Italian felucca and the sailing boats of the Nile.
With the French in France and Salonika
Richard Harding Davis
He also is watching the upward progress of the lateen-sail; has heard, moreover, the report concerning those on board.
Idolatry
Julian Hawthorne