lateen sail
noun
a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Origin of lateen sail
First recorded in 1720–30
Words nearby lateen sail
late charge, latecomer, lated, lateen, lateen-rigged, lateen sail, Late Greek, Late Hebrew, late in life, late in the day, Late Latin
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Example sentences 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 HawthorneThis sail, it has been noticed, 'is set at the same angle as the lateen-sail' of the Malays.
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal|VariousEach 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