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What is a lateen sail?
a trangular sail
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What is the definition of lateen?
The word 'lateen' has a couple of senses: 1: a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean; 2: rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail
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How does a Lateen Sail work?
Lateen sails work in much the same way that most other triangular sails work.
If the wind is behind the sail it will push the boat/ship/craft/vessel forward.
But suppose that the boat is at right...
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When were lateen sails invented?
It cannot be known for sure -probably in many place at roughly the same time. They have been known for more than 5,000 years.
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What are lateen sails made out of?
To quote Wikipedia's excellent answer:A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at...