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

late-term, late-type star, latecomer, lated, lateen, lateen sail, lateen-rigged, lateenrigged, lately, laten, 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