NOUN | artifact | lateen, lateen sail | a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean |
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ADJECTIVE | all | lateen, lateen-rigged | rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail |
Meaning | rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail. | |
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Synonym | lateen-rigged | |
Broader | rigged | fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc) |
Meaning | A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean. | |
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Synonym | lateen sail | |
Part of | lateen-rig | The rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel |
Broader | fore-and-aft sail | Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
Spanish | vela latina | |
Catalan | vela llatina |
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