fore-and-aft sail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fore-and-aft sail
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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The little ship, like most traders of the Inmost Sea, bore the high fore-and-aft sail that can be turned to catch a headwind, and her master was a handy seaman, proud of his skill.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Behind the main-sail there is a small fore-and-aft sail similar to the main-sail of a schooner, which is called the boom-main-sail.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
A fore-and-aft sail of various shapes set on the mizen stay.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
The catboat was sixteen feet over all, with its mast stepped well forward, of course, carrying a large fore-and-aft sail with gaff and boom.
From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe
Trysail, trī′sāl, or trī′sl, n. a reduced sail used by small craft, instead of their mainsail, in a storm: a small fore-and-aft sail set with a boom and gaff.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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