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Lateen vs Dhoni - What's the difference?

lateen | dhoni |

As nouns the difference between lateen and dhoni

is that lateen is (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 while dhoni is a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the maldives.

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.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "lateen")

    dhoni

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dhony * done * doney * doni

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia dhoni)
  • A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 28, author=Elaine Glusac, title=It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Guests at the new Anantara Resort Maldives , opened in September on a five-acre island in the South Male Atoll, can shove off at sunset to fish from an indigenous dhoni sailboat, trailing local tackle — that is, a baited hook on a fishing line. }}