fore-and-aft sail fore-and-aft-rigged • fore-and-aft topsail · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · fore-and-aft sail · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction. Synonyms: fore-and-aft sail. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074