lateen sails

la·teen (l

-t

, 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.

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]

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Noun	1.	lateen - 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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caravel dhow felucca fore-and-aft sail galleass galleon lateen sail lateen-rig lateen-rigged lateenrigged main yard rig rigging sailing ship sailing vessel SPAR tartan xebec yard	Byline: Desmond Stoneham ONE-TIME leading Classic hope Lateen Sails today lines up for the Group 3 Prix Gontaut-Biron at Deauville, with connections hoping a return to France will see him back in the winner's circle, writes Desmond Stoneham. Godolphin hoping French air suits Sails again by The Racing Post (London, England) The powerful teams of Godolphin, John Dunlop, Mark Johnston and Brian Meehan were all well represented but Take A Bow floored them all, although Frankie Dettori looked like getting Godolphin's Lateen Sails home in front when he got a renewed effort out of the long-time leader. Chamings Takes A Bow after beating big guns by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Byline: ARGUS LATEEN SAILS can get his season off to the best possible start by taking a hot-looking betfair. Racing: Godolphin looking to Lateen by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)	late afternoon late blight Late Greek Late Hebrew late lamented Late Latin late purple aster late riser late sleep late time late wood late-blooming late-flowering late-lamented late-night late-night hour late-ripening late-spring-blooming late-star type late-term latebricole latecomer lated lateen lateen sail lateen sails lateen-rig lateen-rigged lateenrigged lately laten Latence latency latency period latency phase latency stage lateness latent Latent buds latent content latent diabetes latent heat latent hostility latent image latent learning latent period latent schizophrenia latent time Latently later later on	LATE-PCR Late-Phase Asthmatic Reaction late-phase hypersensitivity reaction Late-Phase Reaction Late-Phase Skin Reaction late-ripening late-spring-blooming late-star type Late-Successional Reserves late-term late-term Late-term abortion Late-Time Feature Vector Late-type star latebra latebricole LATEC LATECE latecomer latecomers lated lateen lateen Lateen rig Lateen rig Lateen rigged Lateen rigged lateen sail lateen sail lateen sails Lateen yard Lateen yard lateen-rig lateen-rigged lateen-rigged lateenrigged lateens lateens lateish Latek Latek Latek lately lately lately LATEM laten Laten We Lets Afspreken Latence latencies latencies latencies latencies latency latency latency latency latency Latency (engineering) Latency Active Promoter 2

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caravel
dhow
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fore-and-aft sail
galleass
galleon
lateen sail
lateen-rig
lateen-rigged
lateenrigged
main yard
rig
rigging
sailing ship
sailing vessel
SPAR
tartan
xebec
yard

Byline: Desmond Stoneham ONE-TIME leading Classic hope Lateen Sails today lines up for the Group 3 Prix Gontaut-Biron at Deauville, with connections hoping a return to France will see him back in the winner's circle, writes Desmond Stoneham.

Godolphin hoping French air suits Sails again by The Racing Post (London, England)

The powerful teams of Godolphin, John Dunlop, Mark Johnston and Brian Meehan were all well represented but Take A Bow floored them all, although Frankie Dettori looked like getting Godolphin's Lateen Sails home in front when he got a renewed effort out of the long-time leader.

Chamings Takes A Bow after beating big guns by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Byline: ARGUS LATEEN SAILS can get his season off to the best possible start by taking a hot-looking betfair.

Racing: Godolphin looking to Lateen by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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