fore-and-aft
adjective
located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
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fore and aftBoth front and back, everywhere, as in The children clung to the teacher fore and aft. This expression is nautical terminology for the bow, or front, and the stern, or back, of a vessel. Today it is also used more broadly. [First half of 1600s]
fore-and-aft
American
[fawr-uhnd-aft, -ahft, fohr-]
/ ˈfɔr əndˈæft, -ˈɑft, ˈfoʊr- /
adjective
adverb
fore and aft
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Origin of fore-and-aft
First recorded in 1610–20
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Aft, the boat deck is as solid as a concrete sidewalk, and easily holds a 14-foot Zodiac tender on fore-and-aft fiberglass ribs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wave would rise through the keel and cradle the hull at its fore-and-aft point of balance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Improvements in rigging enabled the construction of larger, more maneuverable ships with both square-rigged and fore-and-aft sails.
From Time Magazine Archive
The starboard stateroom has fore-and-aft twins, while the port is fitted with an athwartship queen berth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The third stage vibrated quite a bit, not from side to side but with a choppy fore-and-aft motion which was felt as almost a buzz.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
The two lines defined a void in between, where a continuous wall of sliding panels, fore and aft, opened to gardens between the facade and the rooms.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
In Montana, the GPS searches for my salvation, fore and aft.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020
Her 20-foot fiberglass boat, with snarling teeth painted on the bow, had fore and aft cabins and an open space in the middle where she could work the oars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
Unlike the British specialty aircraft, the NC-4 and its sister seaplanes were built to be submarine chasers with machine gun mounts fore and aft.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2019
There was a sailboat with rusty red sails reefed around the booms of the fore and aft masts.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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