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fore and aft rig

fore and aft rig is the alternative form 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

Forms of fore and aft rig

pluralfore and aft rigs

Questions about fore and aft rig

What is fore and aft rig the alternative form of?
Fore and aft rig is the alternative form of fore-and-aft rig.

Words near fore and aft rig in the dictionary

  1. Fordyce's spot
  2. Fordyce's spots
  3. Fordyces
  4. fore
  5. fore and aft
  6. fore and aft rig
  7. fore and aft rigs
  8. fore arm
  9. fore arms
  10. fore choir
  11. fore choirs

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