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fore-and-aft rigs

fore-and-aft rigs is the plural of fore-and-aft rig.

Meaning of fore-and-aft rig

Noun

fore-and-aft rig (plural fore-and-aft rigs)

  1. A sailing rig consisting of sails set mainly along the line of the keel.
    • While there seems to be no limit to the scope of utility of the fore-and-aft rig, I think its picturesqueness belongs only to the conventional twomasted schooner.1896 October, R.B. Burchard, “Racing Schooners”, in Outing, volume 29, number 1, page 50

Questions about fore-and-aft rigs

What is fore-and-aft rigs the plural of?
Fore-and-aft rigs is the plural of fore-and-aft rig.

Words near fore-and-aft rigs in the dictionary

  1. fore-
  2. fore-and-aft
  3. fore-and-aft cap
  4. fore-and-aft caps
  5. fore-and-aft rig
  6. fore-and-aft rigs
  7. fore-and-aft-rigged
  8. fore-and-after
  9. fore-and-afters
  10. fore-answer
  11. fore-approval

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