fore-and-after

[ fawr-uh nd-af-ter, ahf-, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr əndˈæf tər, ˈɑf-, ˈfoʊr- /

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.

Origin of fore-and-after

First recorded in 1815–25; fore-and-aft + -er¹

But alter as you please, the fore-and-after is still a bad runner when winds blow strong and seas run high.

On Yachts and Yacht Handling |Thomas Fleming Day
A fore-and-after is a vessel without square sails like a sloop or schooner.

On Yacht Sailing |Thomas Fleming Day
Hence a schooner is often called a "fore-and-after;" and a ship, a "square-rigger."

Practical Boat-Sailing |Douglas Frazar
Indeed, I believe that only the first mate and the doctor had ever before handled a fore-and-after.

The Cruise of the 'Alerte' |E. F. Knight

These were well named, as the two ends of the wagon inclined upward, like the bow and stern of a fore-and-after.

Tenting on the Plains |Elizabeth B. Custer

fore-and-after

any vessel with a fore-and-aft rig

a double-ended vessel