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lateen sail
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lateen sail has 1 sense
- lateen sail(n = noun.artifact) lateen - 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
lateen sail, n. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See Latin.].
A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower side. [1913 Webster]
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