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Lateen
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Lateen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lateen has 1 sense
- lateen(n = noun.artifact) lateen sail - a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean; Array is a kind of fore-and-aft sail
is a part of lateen-rig
Adjective Lateen has 1 sense
- lateen(s = adj.all) lateen-rigged - rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lateen, a.
- Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below. [1913 Webster]
- rigged with a triangular (lateen sail). [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Lateen, adj. (of a ship) rigged with a lateen sail.
Idiom
lateen sail a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast.
Etymology
F (voile) latine Latin (sail), because common in the Mediterranean
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