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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean;
[syn: lateen, lateen sail]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lateen sail \lateen sail\ n. [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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lateen sail n 1: a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean [syn: lateen, lateen sail]