| fore-and-aft sail n. A sail set parallel with the keel of a vessel, having the foremost edge or luff attached to the mast with travelers and the upper edge set on a gaff or stay. |
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| Noun | 1. |  fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft directiongaff-headed sail, gaffsail - a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff fore-and-aft topsail, gaff topsail - a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast jib - any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) lateen, lateen sail - a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean luff - (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast sail, canvass, canvas, sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel spanker - a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel spritsail - a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit staysail - a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) |
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