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Lateen

RELATED WORD :

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Adjective
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la=teen

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Lateen has 1 sense

Adjective Lateen has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Lateena. 
  •  Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below.  [1913 Webster]
  •  rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Lateen, adj. (of a ship) rigged with a lateen sail.

Idiom
lateen sail a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast.
Etymology
F (voile) latine Latin (sail), because common in the Mediterranean
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