fore and aft

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Fore-and-aft plank road with wedges on cross ties to facilitate the re-aligning of the planks.

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Knapp, Frederick Malcolm

Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg

Fore-and-aft pieces, that reached from one skid to the other, were then placed between those about the bilge of the ship, each of them having a certain number of short ribs, extending upwards and downwards.

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

Fore-and-aft vessels might work with far less risk; and as the rocks are frequented by vast numbers of fur seal, a season or two might be profitably passed here by a sealing vessel so rigged.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

Fore-and-aft sails, then, are such as are spread upon yards which point fore and aft, not across the ship.

From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)