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la·teen    Audio Help   [la-teen, luh-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
[Origin: 1720–30; < F (voile) latine Latin (sail)]
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la·teen    Audio Help   (lə-tēn', lā-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   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.

n.  
  1. A lateen-rigged boat.
  2. A lateen sail.


[French (voile) latine, lateen (sail), feminine of latin, Latin (from its use in the Mediterranean), from Old French; see Latin.]

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lateen

adjective
1. rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail 

noun
1. a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean 

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