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fore-and-after [fawr-uh nd-af-ter, ahf-, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Nautical.
- a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig.
- a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway.
- a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
- deerstalker(def 2).
Origin of fore-and-after First recorded in 1815–25; fore-and-aft + -er1 Examples from the Web for fore-and-after Historical Examples of fore-and-after
Hence a schooner is often called a “fore-and-after;” and a ship, a “square-rigger.”
Douglas Frazar
A fore-and-after is a vessel without square sails like a sloop or schooner.
Thomas Fleming Day
Indeed, I believe that only the first mate and the doctor had ever before handled a fore-and-after.
E. F. Knight
But alter as you please, the fore-and-after is still a bad runner when winds blow strong and seas run high.
Thomas Fleming Day
These were well named, as the two ends of the wagon inclined upward, like the bow and stern of a fore-and-after.
Elizabeth B. Custer
British Dictionary definitions for fore-and-after fore-and-after noun nautical
- any vessel with a fore-and-aft rig
- a double-ended vessel