lateen
Dhow's angled canvas
A lateen sail is triangular, set on a long yard mounted at an angle to the mast.
This rigging dominated Mediterranean sailing for centuries and remains common on traditional boats in the Arab world and East Africa.
The name comes from "Latin sail," though the design likely originated in the Indian Ocean.
A lateen-rigged dhow crossed the harbor.
Ship's wind-catching fabric
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- mastVessel's sail support
- boomLoud deep sound
- halyardSail-hoisting tackle
sheet · tack · clew · spar · shroud · traveler · truss · tang
Arab trading vessel
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
- setteeSmall upholstered seating furniture
- luggerSmall boat with lugsails
- junkWorthless discarded items
catboat · barque · brigantine · galley · cutter · ketch · sloop · brig
Arab trading vessel
sail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
halyard · sheet · tack · clew · spar · shroud · traveler · truss · tang · winch
dhow
Arab trading vessel
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
- setteeSmall upholstered seating furniture
- luggerSmall boat with lugsails
junk · catboat · barque · brigantine · galley · cutter · ketch · sloop · brig · schooner
dhow
Arab trading vessel
sail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
yard · windward · leeward · tacking · jibing · close-hauled · running · reaching · heeling · trimming
moorish
Temptingly hard to stop
caravel · exploration · trade · spice · silk · navigation · voyaging · seafaring · maritime · merchantman
lateensquare-rigged
Sails perpendicular to hull
square sail · unrigged · spritsail · lugsail
- see you laterInformal farewell phrase
- sooner or laterAt an unspecified future time
- maybe laterTentative deferral response
- later onAt a subsequent time
- catch you laterCasual parting phrase
- see ya later