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fore-and-aft sail

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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Nearby words

fore edge, fore plane, fore-, fore-and-aft, fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sail, fore-and-aft topsail, fore-and-after, fore-check, fore-edge, fore-edge painting

Origin of fore-and-aft sail

First recorded in 1810–20
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