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Lateen sail

noun
1.
A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean.  Synonym: lateen.





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... already spoken of the high lateen sail of the Nile boats, a form of sail which, though beautiful, has not been devised for pictorial purposes. In every country and in every sea peculiarities of build and rig are displayed in native vessels. This is not the result of whim or chance, ...
— Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt • R. Talbot Kelly


Words linked to "Lateen sail" :   fore-and-aft sail, lateen-rig


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