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fore-and-aft sail

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sail set more or less parallel to the keel of a vessel, attached to a mast or stay at its foremost edge and designed to catch the wind on either surface.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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