aft : Idioms & Phrases

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Fore and aft

  • (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; in distinction from athwart. R. H. Dana, Jr.
Webster 1913

fore-and-aft

  • adjective satellite parallel with the keel of a boat or ship
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fore-and-aft rig

  • noun rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft
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Fore-and-aft rigged

  • (Naut.), not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.
Webster 1913

fore-and-aft sail

  • noun any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
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fore-and-aft topsail

  • noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    gaff topsail.
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