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Definition of Fore-and-aft rig
1. Noun. Rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fore-and-aft Rig
Literary usage of Fore-and-aft rig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Two Chiefs of Dunboy: Or an Irish Romance of the Last Century by James Anthony Froude (1889)
"... but Mr. Blake had discovered that the fore-and-aft rig gave advantages in
working to windward which were of supreme importance when speed was the first ..."
2. Sailing Ships and Their Story: The Story of Their Development from the by Edward Keble Chatterton (1915)
"THE fore-and-aft rig AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS; COASTERS, FISHING BOATS, YACHTS,
ETC.* far we have, with the exception of the primitive lateen, dealt exclusively ..."
3. Merchant Vessels by Robert Riegel (1921)
"The principal methods of rigging are the " square rig " and the " fore-and-aft
rig," though in small sailing vessels peculiar variations have been ..."
4. Merchant Vessels of the United States...: (including Yachts) by United States Coast Guard (1888)
"A name applied to vessels of fore and-aft rig of varions sizes. Schooners have
two or more long lower masts without tops, and are sometimes fitted with ..."
5. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"The modern yawl—The true yawl or dandy—Drawbacks to the fore-and-aft rig, with
the exception of the lateen-rig and French lugger, for sea-going ships. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The type of the fore and aft rig is the schooner (fig- 5)< The sails on the masts
have a gaff above and a boom below. These spars have a prong called the ..."
7. The Two Chiefs of Dunboy: Or, An Irish Romance of the Last Century by James Anthony Froude (1889)
"She was three hundred tons burden and had been originally a brig, but Mr.
Blake had discovered that the fore-and-aft rig gave advantages in working to ..."
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