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

Words nearby fore-and-aft

Ford, Henry, fordless, fordo, fordone, fore, fore-and-aft, fore-and-after, fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sail, forearm, forearm smash

How to use fore-and-aft in a sentence

About two dozen or more yachts make use of it, among them being steamers and vessels of every method of fore-and-aft rig.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
She is a fore-and-aft schooner of one hundred and ten tons, said to have been built at Baltimore.
A Middy of the King|Harry Collingwood
He is not like a new hand altogether, having already had two years' experience in a fore-and-aft craft.
A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty
Jib-topsail: A triangular sail set on the fore-topmast stay of fore-and-aft vessels.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various

Jack-yard: A small yard used to extend the foot of a fore-and-aft balloon topsail that extends beyond the end of the gaff.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various

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]