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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Fore-and-aft rigged (0.00837 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fore-and-aft rig
fore-and-aft rig
n : rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fore-and-aft rigged
Fore
\Fore\, adv. [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for.
See
For, and cf.
Former,
Foremost.]
1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to
aft, after, back, behind, etc.
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2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. --Shak.
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3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
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Fore and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the
vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails
attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on
stays in the midship line of the vessel. See
Schooner,
Sloop,
Cutter.
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