fore-and-aft

[ fawr-uh nd-aft, -ahft, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr əndˈæft, -ˈɑft, ˈfoʊr- /

Nautical

located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1610–20

The bark is a vessel with square-rigged foremast and mainmast and a fore-and-aft rigged mizzen-mast (Fig. 160).
Boat-Building and Boating|Daniel Carter Beard
Stays—Ropes used to support or control a spar in a fore-and-aft direction.
On Yacht Sailing|Thomas Fleming Day
The fore-and-aft rig in its simplicity and the beauty of its aspect under every angle of vision is, I believe, unapproachable.
The Mirror of the Sea|Joseph Conrad
The act of shifting over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail from one side of the vessel to the other.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

Reeling and staggering to the fore-rigging, I clutched at and hung on to a belaying-pin, and looked about me fore-and-aft.
The Log of a Privateersman|Harry Collingwood