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Lateen - What does it mean?

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lateen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
  • * 1980 : The lateen sail is triangular or a quadrilateral which is almost triangular, the former being the type used by the Byzantines. — Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600 , page 47.

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