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The following 7 entries include the term fore and.
fore-and-aft
adjective: lying, running, or acting in the general line of the length of a construction (such as a ship or a house) : longitudinal
fore and aft
adverb: lengthwise of a ship : from stem to stern
fore-and-after
noun: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig
fore-and-aft rig
noun: a sailing-ship rig in which most or all of the sails are not attached to yards but are bent to gaffs or set on the masts or on stays in a fore-and-aft line
fore-and-aft bridge
noun: a gangway that sometimes connects a ship's forward bridge and after bridge
fore-and-aft rigged
adjective: equipped with a fore-and-aft rig
fore-and-aft sail
noun: a sail not supported by a yard and usually carried on a gaff or stay
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