Definitions | lateen |
| noun
- (nautical) A triangular sail; sometimes a quadrilateral sail that is nearly triangular.
- Quotations
- 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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