ALL meanings of lateen
la·teen
L l - adjective lateen pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails. 1
- noun lateen A triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45 ° to the mast. 1
- noun lateen (nautical) 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. 0
- adjective lateen denoting a rig with a triangular sail (lateen sail) bent to a yard hoisted to the head of a low mast, used esp in the Mediterranean 0
- adjective lateen designating or of a triangular, fore-and-aft-rigged sail attached to a long yard suspended obliquely from a short mast: now used chiefly on Mediterranean vessels 0
- noun lateen a lateen-rigged vessel 0