fore-and-aft rig
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of fore-and-aft rig
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Why, I'll sail any vessel with a fore-and-aft rig.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
Technically speaking, the endangered vessel is not a ship, but a barque, as betokened by the fore-and-aft rig of her mizenmast.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne
It is a well-known fact that the fore-and-aft rig was best understood in America, where it had really been brought to perfection.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
Of those three varieties of fore-and-aft rig, the cutter—the racing rig par excellence—is of an appearance the most imposing, from the fact that practically all her canvas is in one piece.
From The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph
The fore-and-aft rig alone would enable a vessel to tack, as it is called, and this could only be used with craft of moderate tonnage.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony
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