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

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fore-and-after

Well, you must understand that this room was low, scarcely higher than the cabin of a fore-and-after, with no skylights to it, or wind-sail, or port-hole that would open.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

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

“Small fore-and-after, sir, with sails down and sweeps out, close under the land.”

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

The beauty of a fore-and-after is that she practically works herself, all that is needed being three or four hands on the forecastle to trim over the jib and fore sheets as she comes round.

From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Hodgson, Edward S.

There can be no doubt that the lateen sail, which goes back at least to the early Egyptians, had the germ of a fore-and-after in it.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry