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lateen

[ la-teen, luh- ]

adjective

  1. relating to, being, or having a triangular sail or sails on a long yard that is attached to the mast at an angle:

    The navy vessels were unable to follow the highly maneuverable pirate ships with their lateen rigging.



lateen

/ əˈپː /

adjective

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lateen1

First recorded in 1720–30; from French (voile) latine “Latin (sail)”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lateen1

C18: from French voile latine Latin sail
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When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover.

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Crew members from the USS Normandy seized a huge cache of weapons from a dhow – a small vessel with lateen sails – on Sunday while conducting maritime security operations in the U.S.

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Unlike the lumbering tall ships of the 1800s, the Iskatel runs on a combination of two outboard engines and four lateen sails.

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By the Late Roman Period advances in sailing technology, such as lateen sails that ran from fore to aft, reduced crews to as few as five to seven people.

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Afterward he helped Duck to raise the Shy Maid's big lateen sail.

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