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lateen

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la⋅teen

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