˜yÐÄvlog

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lateen-rigged

[ la-teen-rigd, luh- ]

adjective

  1. having lateen sails.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lateen-rigged1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

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Ten large ships, fitted with heavy guns and all the munitions of war then known, with five lateen-rigged caravels, formed the fleet.

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Native junks darted about saucily here and there, while queer yellow faces looked up at them from behind the mats and lateen-rigged sails.

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The privateer was a fine, lateen-rigged vessel, carrying two large sails, and her decks as full of men as possible—we judge from seventy to eighty.

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The relative position of the two parts of the brake reminds one of the mast and yard of a lateen-rigged boat.

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The latter and the fore and main masts were square-rigged, and the mizzen was lateen-rigged.

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