Synonyms and Antonyms of fore-and-aft sail

any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction (noun.artifact)

canvas, canvass, sail, sheet
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (noun.artifact)

(noun.artifact)
gaff-headed sail, gaffsail
a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
fore-and-aft topsail, gaff topsail
a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
jib
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
lateen, lateen sail
a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
lug, lugsail
a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
mizen, mizzen
fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
spanker
a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
spritsail
a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit (noun.artifact)
(noun.artifact)
staysail
a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) (noun.artifact)

(noun.artifact)
luff
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast (noun.artifact)

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