fore-and-after

American  

[fawr-uhnd-af-ter, ahf-, fohr-] / ˈfɔr əndˈæf tər, ˈɑf-, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. Nautical.

   1. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig.

   2. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway.

   3. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.

2. deerstalker.

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fore-and-after British  

noun

1. any vessel with a fore-and-aft rig

2. a double-ended vessel

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Etymology

Origin of fore-and-after

First recorded in 1815–25; fore-and-aft + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It caught the sails of the new fore-and-after, and the little craft fell over on another tack and shot away.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

Why, dere neber has been no cooking on board of dis here fore-and-after till you yourself comed on board.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Indeed, I believe that only the first mate and the doctor had ever before handled a fore-and-after.

From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)

They pass an iceberg or a derelict, some contour of tropical shore, a fishing fleet, or an old fore-and-after, and the steamer is a stifling modern metropolis after that—galley and stoke-hole its slums.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington

She’s a footy little brig, but I should have thought a fore-and-after would have been more handy.”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various