fore-and-aft sail

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noun

any of various sails, as jib-headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore-and-aft direction amidships.

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Origin of fore-and-aft sail

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby fore-and-aft sail

fordone, fore, fore-and-aft, fore-and-after, fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sail, forearm, forearm smash, forebear, forebode, foreboding

How to use fore-and-aft sail in a sentence

Spencer, spens′ėr, n. (in ships and barques) a fore-and-aft sail abaft the fore and main masts.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
A fore-and-aft sail of various shapes set on the mizen stay.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
Gybe, or Jibe, to; to shift over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail.
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various
The snow was practically a brig, carrying a fore-and-aft sail on the mainmast, with a square sail directly above it.
American Merchant Ships and Sailors|Willis J. Abbot

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