WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -noun Nautical. a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lateen sails were developed by the Arabs, then adopted in the eastern Mediterranean. Because they were used in the Mediterranean, northern sailors gave them the name “lateen” from “Latin.” A lateen sail is a triangular piece of cloth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Triangular sails are employed for forward propulsion on both sides, and they may be modified to take advantage of the wind’s force. A lateen sail is a triangular sail. Lateen sails were first developed by the Arabs and were then adopted by sailors in the eastern Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-4: -A bermuda or marconi sail is a triangular sail with one point going straight up.

Detailed explanation-5: -The lateen rig allowed a ship to sail closer to the wind than a ship equipped with square sails. If, for example, a wind was blowing directly from the direction a ship needed to go, most square-riggers of the time could sail no better than 90 degrees to this wind, making no headway at all.