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 hatch seats and a fore-and-aft portside passenger seat form an L-shaped settee.
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
Eddie Allen tucked up her legs and she whisked away from the field, slim, slick, slightly bent in her fore-and-aft line so that her nose drooped like an ant-eater's.
From Time Magazine Archive
The little ship, like most traders of the Inmost Sea, bore the high fore-and-aft sail that can be turned to catch a headwind, and her master was a handy seaman, proud of his skill.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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
Large fore and aft cargo doors can malfunction and leak.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
For passengers in the rear, seating slides fore and aft for extra leg room.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2016
The Selaesori Qhoran was a wallowing tub of five hundred tons, with a deep hold, high castles fore and aft, and a single mast between.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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