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lateen

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la·teen  (l-tn, l-) Nautical
adj.
Being, relating to, or rigged with a triangular sail hung on a long yard that is attached at an angle to the top of a short mast.
n.
1. A lateen-rigged boat.
2. A lateen sail.
[French (voile) latine, lateen (sail), feminine of latin, Latin (from its use in the Mediterranean), from Old French; see Latin.]
lateen [ləˈtiːn]
adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical denoting a rig with a triangular sail (lateen sail) bent to a yard hoisted to the head of a low mast, used esp in the Mediterranean
[from French voile latine Latin sail]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lateenlateen - a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
lateen sail
fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
lateen-rig - the rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel
Adj.1.lateen - rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail
lateen-rigged
rigged - fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)
Translations
lateen [ləˈtiːn] N → vela f latina


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I owe to her the awakened love for the sea that, with the quivering of her swift little body and the humming of the wind under the foot of her lateen sails, stole into my heart with a sort of gentle violence, and brought my imagination under its despotic sway.
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His crew sullenly tailed on to the halyards, and the strange, outlandish sail, lateen in rig and dyed a warm brown, rose in the air.
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A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
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