Lateen

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

A lateen (; from French latine 'Latin'), also called a latin-rig, is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. The settee can be considered to be an associated type of the same overall category of sail.

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Image: Alexander Ott (= de:Benutzer:Alelanza), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.