Lateen

Word LATEEN
Character 6
Hyphenation la teen
Pronunciations /ləˈtiːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Lateen"

What do we mean by lateen?

Being, relating to, or rigged with a triangular sail hung on a long yard that is attached at an angle to the top of a short mast. adjective

A lateen-rigged boat. noun

A lateen sail. noun

Literally, Latin: a word used only in lateen sail, lateen yard, lateen rig. Also spelled latteen.

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. adjective

Rigged with a triangular (lateen sail). adjective

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. noun

A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean noun

Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail adjective

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lateen

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The word "lateen" in example sentences

Their ships with triangular sails known as lateen rigs allowed for greater manoeuvrability than the square-rigged cogs and knars, but they lacked the strength to make them contenders on the open oceans. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In addition, the Arabs developed a highly effective triangular sail, called a lateen, and the kamal, a navigating device that enabled them to determine latitude by gauging the height of the Pole Star above the horizon. ❋ Unknown (1997)

It was rigged, as all the boats on the Lake of Geneva are, with what are called lateen sails. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

In a room near the boatyard I find a craftsman sawing away at a tiny lateen sail for a model dhow. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

His crew sullenly tailed on to the halyards, and the strange, outlandish sail, lateen in rig and dyed a warm brown, rose in the air. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After waiting a few minutes longer, the crew hoisted the lateen sail, and Yellow Handkerchief steered down toward the mouth of San Rafael Creek. ❋ Unknown (2010)

LynnFlewelling 9:08 pm: Little fishing boats were coming in for the night, scudding across the choppy harbor, their lateen sails black moth wings against the vermillion sunset. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was a red cross of St. George to be painted on the lateen sail, perhaps with a gold border. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the distance, at the horizon, there were sails, the sails of lateen-rigged vessels. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The single lateen-rigged mast was stepped solidly into the keep fore of the cabin. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

The two-masted, lateen-rigged ships of the unforgotten midland sea were still unknown to these Norse seafarers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 1935 he traced in historical detail how each of the “inventions” of planking, ribbing, fastenings, keels, lateen sails, and square sails came about he devotes four pages to the origins of the gaff sail alone; how these gradually transformed the most primitive floating objects into the sailing ship; and how further inventions metamorphosed the sailing ship into the modern steamship. ❋ W. Brain Arthur (2009)

Ocean-going barques as small as 30 tons were often three-masted, with fore and main masts square-rigged with courses and topsails, a lateen on the mizzen, and bonnets for the square sails. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

They carried a spritsail on a yard under the high-angled bowsprit, and a lateen sail on a mizzen or a bonaventure. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

She was three-masted, with a martingale below a high bowsprit, single square-rigged sails on the fore and main, and a lateen on a small mizzen. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

They had as many as three masts, and all were rigged with large lateen sails. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

They were two-masted vessels with the mainmast forward, a lugsail, and a large lateen. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

The purpose of the spritsail and the mizzen lateen was to trim or balance the ship, more than to add driving power. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

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