fore-and-aft

See also: fore and aft

English

Alternative forms

• fore and aft

Adjective

fore-and-aft

1. (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).

Derived terms

• fore-and-aft-rigged

Translations

parallel with the keel, that is, going from bow to stern

• Bulgarian: по целия кораб (po celija korab)
• Danish: langskibs, fra for til agter
• Finnish: viisto-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langskips

  Nynorsk: langskips

• Russian: продольный (ru) (prodolʹnyj), осево́й (ru) (osevój)

See also

• square-rigged