fore-and-aftern.
/ˌfɔːr(ə)n(d)ˈɑːftə/, /ˌfɔːr(ə)n(d)ˈaftə/, U.S. /ˌfɔr(ə)nˈæftər/ 1. A ‘fore and aft’ schooner.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged
fore-and-after1823
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xv. 223 I went a few trips in a fore-and-after.
1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 781 The big ‘fore-and-after’ now showing a torch-light, rushed at almost ten-knot speed across the bows of the propeller.
2. (See quot. 1867.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tricorn > types of
Nivernois1765
fore-and-after1867
marquis1896
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore-and-after, a cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart.
3. A kind of dance.
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1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 767/2 The fiddler would be sawing away for life and death, and two or three couple in the floor—men and women—dancing fore and afters.
1841 Southern Lit. Messenger 7 768/2 I was one of six sailors and women in a regular fore and after.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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