What does lateen sail mean?

lateen sail means "a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean".

What is another word for lateen sail?

Close synonyms include lateen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lateen sail a common word?

lateen sail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Lateen sail — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
Synonymslateen
Broaderfore-and-aft sail
Part oflateen-rig

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What does lateen sail mean?: lateen sail means "a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean".
What is another word for lateen sail?: Close synonyms include lateen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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