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Definition of Fore-and-aft
1. Adjective. Parallel with the keel of a boat or ship.
Definition of Fore-and-aft
1. Adjective. (nautical of the orientation of the sails of a ship) parallel with the keel, that is, going from bow to stern (as opposed to square-rigged). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fore-and-aft
Literary usage of Fore-and-aft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE DRUMS OF THE FORE AND AFT IN the Army List they still stand as "The Fore and
Fit Princess Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen-Ans- ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Sails extended or set on gaffs and on stays are called "fore- and-aft," and ...
In the fore-and-aft-rig the principal sails are of course fore-and-aft: a ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"fore and aft measurement, and the height is usually little less than the latter.
The root partakes of the form of the outline of the base of the crown, ..."
4. Sailing Ships and Their Story: The Story of Their Development from the by Edward Keble Chatterton (1915)
"THE fore-and-aft RIG AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS; COASTERS, FISHING BOATS, YACHTS,
ETC.* far we have, with the exception of the primitive lateen, dealt exclusively ..."
5. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"The sails of a ship are either ' square ' or ' fore- and-aft' The ... fore-and-aft
sails are the spanker or driver, extended by the gaff at its head, ..."
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