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lateen |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lateen \La*teen"\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. {Lateen sail}. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf It & Sp vela latina; properly Latin sail. See {Latin}.] (Naut.) 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lateen adj : rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: {lateen-rigged}] n : a triangular sail used especially in the Mediterranean [syn: {lateen sail}]
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