lateen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lateen	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lateen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateen adj rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: lateen, lateen-rigged] n a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean Synonym(s): lateen, lateen sail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateen \Lateen"\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. {Lateen* sail}. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See {Latin}.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower side.