tartanas
/tɑrˈtɑnəz/
noun
- A type of small, single-masted sailing vessel with a lateen sail, used historically in the Mediterranean Sea for fishing and coastal trade.
- We watched a fleet of tartanas glide across the calm Mediterranean waters at sunset.
- The old fisherman still moored his tartanas in the same harbor where his grandfather had kept his.
- The museum displayed a detailed model of a 19th-century tartanas used for trading along the Spanish coast.