fore-and-aft rig

See also: fore and aft rig

English

Alternative forms

• fore and aft rig

Noun

fore-and-aft rig (plural fore-and-aft rigs)

1. (nautical) A sailing rig consisting of sails set mainly along the line of the keel.
   • 1896 October, R.B. Burchard, “Racing Schooners”, in Outing, volume 29, number 1, page 50:

     While there seems to be no limit to the scope of utility of the fore-and-aft rig, I think its picturesqueness belongs only to the conventional twomasted schooner.

Related terms

• fore-and-aft-rigged

Translations

sailing rig

• French: gréement de goélette

Further reading

• “fore-and-aft rig”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.