"fore-and-aft" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=fore-and-aft}} 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). Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: fore and aft Derived forms: fore-and-aft-rigged Related terms: square-rigged Translations (parallel with the keel, that is, going from bow to stern): по целия кораб (po celija korab) (Bulgarian), langskibs (Danish), fra for til agter (Danish), viisto- (Finnish), langskips (Norwegian Bokmål), langskips (Norwegian Nynorsk), продольный (prodolʹnyj) (Russian), осево́й (osevój) (Russian)

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