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Definition of Lateen-rig
1. Noun. The rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateen-rig
Literary usage of Lateen-rig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"The modern yawl—The true yawl or dandy—Drawbacks to the fore-and-aft rig, with
the exception of the lateen-rig and French lugger, for sea-going ships. ..."
2. Merchant Vessels of the United States...: (including Yachts) by United States Coast Guard (1888)
"The lateen rig is similar to the lug rig, excepting that the sail is triangular,
a long yard which hoists obliquely to a stout mast forming the Inff. The ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Lateen Rig. even when unmodified by mixture with any ... The lateen rig has been
combined with the square rig to make such a rigging as the xebec—a ..."
4. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"The lateen rig has not been much adopted on the English coast, ... The lateen
rig is met with all over the world, and is much in use on parts of the African ..."
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