fore and aftadv.adj.n.

Nautical.

A. adv.

1. Of position: In or at both bow and stern; hence, along the length of or all over the ship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > at both bow and stern

fore and aft1626

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 25 A health to you all fore and afte.

1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 9 My Rigging is all gone, and broke fore and aft.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §123 Her deck raised, and laid flush fore and aft.

1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland (1823) 63 And the bulwark, fore and aft, was washed away.

1836 F. Marryat Pirate vii, in Pirate & Three Cutters 60 Awnings were spread fore and aft to protect the crew from the powerful rays of the sun.

2. Of motion or direction: Alternately towards the bow and stern, backwards and forwards.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > alternately

fore and aft1726

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xiii. 395 So incommoded by them that we could hardly move fore and aft through the throng of them [sc. Indians].

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 73 To walk fore and aft in the waist.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 151 Every night they [rats] went fore and aft rousing with impartial feet every sleeper.

3. From stem to stern, lengthwise.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase]

from post to stem1548

from stern to stem1548

fore and afta1618

from stem to stern1697

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > along the length of the vessel

fore and afta1618

a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 29 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Needing no other addition..then a slight spar Decke, fore and afte as the Seamen call it.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4543/2 He..raked her fore and aft with his Cannon.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 208 The pontons should be..sharpish fore and aft.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore and aft..also implies in a line with the keel.

B. adj.

a. (usually with hyphens). Placed or directed in the line of the vessel's length. Of sails (see quot. 1867); hence, of a vessel rigged with such sails. Also in combination fore-and-aft rigged adj.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > [adjective] > in the line of the vessel's length

fore and aft1820

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 197 (note) I have confined the term..gaff sails to the fore and aft sails.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xvii. 294 A large fore-and-aft rigged vessel.

1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 426 The Dean Richmond is a fore-and-aft schooner of 380 tons register.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore-and-aft sails, jibs, staysails, and gaffsails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards.

1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. i. 192 The grinding action of the molar teeth with a certain amount of lateral and fore and aft movement.

1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §325 ‘Fore-and-aft’ rig is any rig in which..the chief sails come into the plane of mast or masts and keel, by the action of the wind upon the sails when the vessel's head is to wind.

b. spec. Applied to a field service cap.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap

lugged1489

marabas1538

tarfed1545

unbanded1570

high-crowned1598

brimless1615

Phrygian1618

poked1631

round-eared1724

winkered1804

peakless1844

shadeless1852

Mother Hubbard1877

visorless1889

fore and aft1940

visored1950

1940 War Illustr. 5 Jan. 571/2 Boys in the same battle~kit that the British Army wears, but with a maple-leaf badge in their fore-and-aft caps.

1950 A. Baron There's No Home viii. 87 He wore a British soldier's fore-and-aft cap with the flaps buttoned under his chin.

C. n.

? A cap with peaks both before and behind.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > peaked > types of

tiar1513

tiara1555

jockey-cap1748

Mary Queen of Scots cap1813

baseball cap1865

baseball hat1867

cheese-cutter1870

fore and aft1888

staff cap1902

Mao cap1967

1888 Harper's Mag. Sept. 494 Women in jockey caps and fore-and-afts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	fore and aft
释义	fore and aftadv.adj.n. Nautical. A. adv. 1. Of position: In or at both bow and stern; hence, along the length of or all over the ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > at both bow and stern fore and aft1626 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 25 A health to you all fore and afte. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 9 My Rigging is all gone, and broke fore and aft. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §123 Her deck raised, and laid flush fore and aft. 1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland (1823) 63 And the bulwark, fore and aft, was washed away. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate vii, in Pirate & Three Cutters 60 Awnings were spread fore and aft to protect the crew from the powerful rays of the sun. 2. Of motion or direction: Alternately towards the bow and stern, backwards and forwards. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > alternately fore and aft1726 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xiii. 395 So incommoded by them that we could hardly move fore and aft through the throng of them [sc. Indians]. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 73 To walk fore and aft in the waist. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 151 Every night they [rats] went fore and aft rousing with impartial feet every sleeper. 3. From stem to stern, lengthwise. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] from post to stem1548 from stern to stem1548 fore and afta1618 from stem to stern1697 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > from stem to stern [phrase] > along the length of the vessel fore and afta1618 a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 29 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Needing no other addition..then a slight spar Decke, fore and afte as the Seamen call it. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4543/2 He..raked her fore and aft with his Cannon. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 208 The pontons should be..sharpish fore and aft. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore and aft..also implies in a line with the keel. B. adj. a. (usually with hyphens). Placed or directed in the line of the vessel's length. Of sails (see quot. 1867); hence, of a vessel rigged with such sails. Also in combination fore-and-aft rigged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > [adjective] > in the line of the vessel's length fore and aft1820 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 197 (note) I have confined the term..gaff sails to the fore and aft sails. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xvii. 294 A large fore-and-aft rigged vessel. 1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 426 The Dean Richmond is a fore-and-aft schooner of 380 tons register. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore-and-aft sails, jibs, staysails, and gaffsails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. i. 192 The grinding action of the molar teeth with a certain amount of lateral and fore and aft movement. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §325 ‘Fore-and-aft’ rig is any rig in which..the chief sails come into the plane of mast or masts and keel, by the action of the wind upon the sails when the vessel's head is to wind. b. spec. Applied to a field service cap. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap lugged1489 marabas1538 tarfed1545 unbanded1570 high-crowned1598 brimless1615 Phrygian1618 poked1631 round-eared1724 winkered1804 peakless1844 shadeless1852 Mother Hubbard1877 visorless1889 fore and aft1940 visored1950 1940 War Illustr. 5 Jan. 571/2 Boys in the same battle~kit that the British Army wears, but with a maple-leaf badge in their fore-and-aft caps. 1950 A. Baron There's No Home viii. 87 He wore a British soldier's fore-and-aft cap with the flaps buttoned under his chin. C. n. ? A cap with peaks both before and behind. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > peaked > types of tiar1513 tiara1555 jockey-cap1748 Mary Queen of Scots cap1813 baseball cap1865 baseball hat1867 cheese-cutter1870 fore and aft1888 staff cap1902 Mao cap1967 1888 Harper's Mag. Sept. 494 Women in jockey caps and fore-and-afts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adv.adj.n.a1618
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