lateen sail

noun

1. a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lateen sail¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover.

From Literature

Crew members from the USS Normandy seized a huge cache of weapons from a dhow – a small vessel with lateen sails – on Sunday while conducting maritime security operations in the U.S.

From Fox News

Unlike the lumbering tall ships of the 1800s, the Iskatel runs on a combination of two outboard engines and four lateen sails.

From Seattle Times

By the Late Roman Period advances in sailing technology, such as lateen sails that ran from fore to aft, reduced crews to as few as five to seven people.

From National Geographic

Afterward he helped Duck to raise the Shy Maid's big lateen sail.

From Literature