Word: lateen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...latter is made double instead of with an outrigger. The boat is caulked with gum, which is protected by strips of palm, and the various portions of the hull are fastened together by ropes of cocoanut fibre. All the cordage is made of this same fibre. The large lateen sail is made of strips of pandanas leaf, sewed together with narrow strips of the same leaf...