Definitions for fore-and-after

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fore-and-after fore-and-af·ter

Spelling: [fawr-uh nd-af-ter, ahf-, Fore-And-After is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 611 anagrams from letters in fore-and-after (--aadeeffnorrt).

Definitions for fore-and-after

noun

1. Nautical. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
2. deerstalker (def 2).

Origin of fore-and-after

First recorded in 1815-25; fore-and-aft + -er¹

Examples for fore-and-after

Indeed, I believe that only the first mate and the doctor had ever before handled a fore-and-after.

Hence a schooner is often called a "fore-and-after;" and a ship, a "square-rigger."

But alter as you please, the fore-and-after is still a bad runner when winds blow strong and seas run high.

These were well named, as the two ends of the wagon inclined upward, like the bow and stern of a fore-and-after.

A fore-and-after is a vessel without square sails like a sloop or schooner.