fore and aft

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Improvements in rigging enabled the construction of larger, more maneuverable ships with both square-rigged and fore-and-aft sails.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eddie Allen tucked up her legs and she whisked away from the field, slim, slick, slightly bent in her fore-and-aft line so that her nose drooped like an ant-eater's.

From Time Magazine Archive

At each mansion, Trujillo kept a full wardrobe of uniforms complete with white-plumed fore-and-aft hats.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hatch seats and a fore-and-aft portside passenger seat form an L-shaped settee.

From Time Magazine Archive

The little ship, like most traders of the Inmost Sea, bore the high fore-and-aft sail that can be turned to catch a headwind, and her master was a handy seaman, proud of his skill.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin