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Definition of ''fore-and-aft''

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Latest post Wed, Sep 5 2007 3:25 PM by Marius Hancu. 1 replies.
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Jackson6612  +  414531 Wed, 05 Sep 07 02:46 PM

Check the following definition from M-W's Dictionary:

fore-and-aft:

1: lying, running, or acting in the general line of the length of a construction (as a ship or a house) : LONGITUDINAL

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in the (general/approximate) direction
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