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Meanings of fore-and-aft rig in English

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Usage of fore-and-aft rig in English
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Lightness and concentrated power are the great qualities of fore-and-aft rig.
The Mirror of the Sea
2
The fore-and-aft rig would make it simpler to spread some sail when they had enough sea-room.
Heart of oak
3
His invention was the Yankee schooner of fore-and-aft rig, and he gave to this type of vessel its name.
The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailo...
4
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
5
Yes, Stewart McCord would have a knowledge of the fore-and-aft rig, or of almost anything else connected with the affairs of the sea.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
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It is both square, and fore-and-aft rigged, hence well-suited for running before the trade winds, or plying the fickle breezes of coastlines.
Quicksilver