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fore-and-aft

[ fawr-uhnd-aft, -ahft, fohr- ]
/ ˈfɔr əndˈæft, -ˈɑft, ˈfoʊr- /
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adjective
located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
adverb
fore1 (def. 10).
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Origin of fore-and-aft

First recorded in 1610–20
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Words related to fore-and-aft

along, alongside, endlong

How to use fore-and-aft in a sentence

Other Idioms and Phrases with fore-and-aft

fore and aft

Both front and back, everywhere, as in The children clung to the teacher fore and aft. This expression is nautical terminology for the bow, or front, and the stern, or back, of a vessel. Today it is also used more broadly. [First half of 1600s]

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