lateen

[ la-teen, luh- ]

/ læˈtin, lə- /

pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.

Origin of lateen

1720–30; < French ( voile) latine Latin (sail)

And the lateen spread both her great wings like an albatross, and leaped and plunged, and flew before the mighty gale.

Love Me Little, Love Me Long |Charles Reade
A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories |Kate Chopin
The typical Mediterranean mast of “lateen” (Latin) vessels is short and bends forward.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 |Various
I will take the simplest, the most natural, the most beautiful of sails,—the lateen sail of the Mediterranean.

Love's Meinie |John Ruskin

He was sitting disconsolate in the cockpit of the lateen Esmeralda.

The Pursuit |Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

lateen

/ (ləˈtiːn) /

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

C18: from French voile latine Latin sail