Fore-and-aft rigged
| (Naut.) | not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter. - R. H. Dana, Jr. |
See also: Fore
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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