FORE-AND-AFT SAIL


Meaning of FORE-AND-AFT SAIL in English

any of various sails, as jib-headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore-and-aft direction amidships.

[ 1810-20 ]

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