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1. nautical A triangular sail; sometimes a quadrilateral sail that is nearly triangular.

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#:*1980: The lateen sail is triangular or a quadrilateral which is almost triangular, the former being the type used by the Byzantines. — Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 47.

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