| 单词 | fore and aft sail |
| 释义 | fore and aft sail in British English (fɔː ənd ɑːft seɪl) noun another name for fore and aft rig fore and aft rig in British English (fɔː ənd ɑːft rɪɡ) noun nautical a sail set in a line from one end the other of a vessel rather than in a square fore-and-aft sail in American Englishnoun any of various sails, as jib-headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore-and-aft direction amidships Word origin [1810–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, dynamic, keyboard, technique, unitaryExamples of 'fore and aft sail' in a sentence |
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