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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lateen
    adj 1: rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: lateen,
           lateen-rigged]
    n 1: a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the
         Mediterranean [syn: lateen, lateen sail]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lateen \la*teen"\, a.
   1. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the
      Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern
      coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).

   Syn: lateen-rigged.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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