单词 | lateen |
释义 | lateen (once / 26802 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY lateen: lateener, lateens USAGE EXAMPLESAfterward he helped Duck to raise the Shy Maid's big lateen sail. George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons(2011) A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance. Kate Chopin, The Awakening(1899) Observe the lateen yard on the mizen mast. Conybeare, Edward, Highways and Byways in Cambridge an...(2012) 1n a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean Syn|Hyper lateen sail fore-and-aft sail any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction 2adj rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail Syn lateen-rigged rigged fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc) |
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