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1 vela
f sailattività sailingfare vela set sailtutto è andato a gonfie vele everything went swimmingly* * *vela s.f.1 (mar.) sail: vela di gabbia, topsail; vela di maestra, mainsail; vela di mezzana, mizzen sail; vela di pappafico, topgallant sail; vela di parrocchetto, fore-topsail; vela di straglio, staysail; vela di trinchetto, foresail; vela latina, lateen sail; vela quadra, squaresail; vele maggiori, lower sails; a vele spiegate, under sail (o in full sail); procedere a vele spiegate, to be under full soil; barca a vela, sailing boat, (amer.) sailboat; issare, alzare una vela, to hoist a sail; ammainare le vele, to strike (o to lower) the sails; far vela, to set sail (o to sail); far forza di vele, to crowd all sails // tutto va a gonfie vele, (fig.) everything is going very well (o perfectly); gli affari vanno a gonfie vele, business is booming (o thriving) // volgere la vela secondo il vento, (fig.) to trim one's sails according to the wind // (aer.) volo a vela, gliding (o sailflying)* * *['vela]sostantivo femminile1) (tela) sailbarca a vela — sailing boat, sailboat AE
2) (attività) sailingfare vela — to sail, to go sailing
•••tutto procede a gonfie -e — everything is proceeding without a hitch, everything is coming up roses
* * *vela/'vela/ ⇒ 10sostantivo f.1 (tela) sail; issare le -e to hoist the sails; fare vela verso to sail toward(s); navigare a vela to sail; barca a vela sailing boat, sailboat AE2 (attività) sailing; fare vela to sail, to go sailingtutto è andato a gonfie -e everything went off splendidly; tutto procede a gonfie -e everything is proceeding without a hitch, everything is coming up roses\vela di fortuna storm sail; vela latina lateen (sail); vela maestra mainsail; vela quadra square sail. -
2 latino
1. adj Latinlatino-americano Latin-American2. m Latinlatino-americano, latino-americana Latin-American* * *latino agg. Latin: popoli latini, Latin peoples // America latina, Latin America // croce latina, Latin cross // (mar.) vela latina, lateen sail◆ s.m.1 Latin2 (lingua) (the) Latin (language): latino maccheronico, dog Latin; latino volgare, vulgar Latin.* * *[la'tino] latino (-a)1. agg2. sm(lingua) Latin* * *[la'tino] 1.aggettivo Latin2.1) Latin2) ling. Latin* * *latino/la'tino/ ⇒ 16Latin; quartiere latino Latin Quarter; America -a Latin America(f. -a)1 Latin2 ling. Latin. -
3 vela latina
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4 antennale
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lateen sail — n. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See {Latin}.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lateen sail — ► NOUN ▪ a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast. ORIGIN from French voile Latine Latin sail , so named because it was common in the Mediterranean … English terms dictionary
lateen sail — lateen′ sail n. naut. navig. a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used esp. on the Mediterranean Sea • Etymology: 1720–30 … From formal English to slang
lateen sail — noun a triangular fore and aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean • Syn: ↑lateen • Hypernyms: ↑fore and aft sail • Part Holonyms: ↑lateen rig * * * a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used esp. on the Mediterranean Sea. [1720 30] … Useful english dictionary
lateen sail — a triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used esp. on the Mediterranean Sea. [1720 30] * * * ▪ sail triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation. The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; … Universalium
lateen sail — [la ti:n] noun a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast. Origin C16: from Fr. (voile) Latine Latin (sail) , so named because it was common in the Mediterranean … English new terms dictionary
LATEEN SAIL — a triangular sail common on the Mediterranean … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
lateen sail — /ləˈtin seɪl/ (say luh teen sayl) noun a triangular sail extended by a long tapering yard, slung at about one quarter the distance from the lower end, which is brought down at the tack, used in xebecs, feluccas, etc., on the Mediterranean …
lateen — la*teen , a. 1. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below. [1913 Webster] 2. rigged with a triangular (lateen sail). Syn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lateen-rigged — adj. rigged with a triangular (lateen sail). Syn: lateen. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lateen-rig — n. the rig on a sailing vessel with a lateen sail. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English