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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.

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Nearby words

  1. late-term,
  2. late-type star,
  3. latecomer,
  4. lated,
  5. lateen,
  6. lateen-rigged,
  7. lateenrigged,
  8. lately,
  9. laten,
  10. latency

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

  • He also is watching the upward progress of the lateen-sail; has heard, moreover, the report concerning those on board.

    Idolatry|Julian Hawthorne

  • 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