Definition of Lateens

1. Noun. (plural of lateen) ¹

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Definition of Lateens

1. lateen [n] - See also: lateen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateens

late syphilis
late systole
late tackle
late unpleasantness
late unpleasantnesses
latebra
latecomer
latecomers
lated
lateen
lateen-rig
lateen-rigged
lateen sail
lateener
lateeners
lateens (current term)
lateish
lately
laten
latence
latences
latencies
latency
latency stage
latened
lateness
latenesses
latening

Literary usage of Lateens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of the Ocean by Ernest Ingersoll (1898)
"Columbus's " caravel " had four short masts, the forward one having a square lug-sail and the three after masts lateens. It was very gradually, indeed, ..."

2. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1899)
"SPANISH CRAFT costumes of the Knights of Malta ; the three huge lateens ... Naturally sailors who all their lives have been accustomed to lateens can handle ..."

3. Sailing Ships and Their Story: The Story of Their Development from the by Edward Keble Chatterton (1915)
"101 represents a Bombay yacht of the second half of the nineteenth century rigged with a couple of lateens, and masts that rake forward at a considerable ..."

4. Broadland Sport by Nicholas Everitt (1902)
"The lateens were rigged very differently. A short foremast, stepped right in the eyes of the boat with a rake for'ard, supported an enormous lateen foresail ..."

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