lateen
A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
A kind of
- fore-and-aft sail
Related words
- lateened
- lateener
Word history
From French "latine".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lateen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.