Usually means: Sail aligned parallel to keel.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word fore-and-aft sail:

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  1. fore-and-aft sail: Merriam-Webster
  2. fore-and-aft sail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. fore-and-aft sail: Vocabulary.com
  4. fore-and-aft sail: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. fore-and-aft sail: Dictionary.com
  6. Fore-and-aft sail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. fore-and-aft sail: Rhymezone
  8. fore-and-aft sail: FreeDictionary.org
  9. fore-and-aft sail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. fore-and-aft sail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (fore-and-aft sail)

▸ noun:  any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction


Opposite:
square sail, lateral sail, transverse sail

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Opposite:
square sail, lateral sail, transverse sail




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