lateen sail
noun
a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.
Origin of lateen sail
First recorded in 1720–30
Words nearby lateen sail
late-term,
late-type star,
latecomer,
lated,
lateen,
lateen sail,
lateen-rigged,
lateenrigged,
lately,
laten,
latency
Example sentences from the Web for lateen sail
He also is watching the upward progress of the lateen-sail; has heard, moreover, the report concerning those on board.
Idolatry |Julian HawthorneThis sail, it has been noticed, 'is set at the same angle as the lateen-sail' of the Malays.
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal |VariousEach has a single mast and a lateen-sail, like the Italian felucca and the sailing boats of the Nile.
With the French in France and Salonika |Richard Harding Davis