fore-and-aft

[ fawr-uh nd-aft, -ahft, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr əndˈæft, -ˈɑft, ˈfoʊr- /

Nautical

located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.

fore¹(def 10).

Origin of fore-and-aft

First recorded in 1610–20

The bark is a vessel with square-rigged foremast and mainmast and a fore-and-aft rigged mizzen-mast (Fig. 160).

Boat-Building and Boating |Daniel Carter Beard
Stays—Ropes used to support or control a spar in a fore-and-aft direction.

On Yacht Sailing |Thomas Fleming Day
The fore-and-aft rig in its simplicity and the beauty of its aspect under every angle of vision is, I believe, unapproachable.

The Mirror of the Sea |Joseph Conrad
The act of shifting over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail from one side of the vessel to the other.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

Reeling and staggering to the fore-rigging, I clutched at and hung on to a belaying-pin, and looked about me fore-and-aft.

The Log of a Privateersman |Harry Collingwood