lateen-canvas

Updated: May 25, 2025

Our first act was to take in and secure our lofty lateen-canvas by getting the yards down on deck and firmly lashing them there; we then set a storm-jib and a leg-of-mutton mizzen, just to steady the craft and place her under command when the breeze should come.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War