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| abaft |
in nautical terminology, toward the stern; aft. [1/2 definitions] |
| aftermost |
nearest the back or stern, as on a ship; farthest aft. |
| barkentine |
a ship with three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast, and fore-and-aft rigged on the others. |
| brigantine |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on the front mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail. |
| ketch |
a sailing vessel with two masts, the larger one forward and the smaller one aft just ahead of the rudder. |
| luff |
the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail. [1/5 definitions] |
| mizzen |
the fore-and-aft sail on the third mast of a fully-rigged ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| schooner |
a sailing ship with at least two masts, all rigged with fore-and-aft sails. |
| sloop |
a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with one mast, a mainsail, and a jib. |
| spanker |
a fore-and-aft sail of a sailing vessel that has three or more masts. [1/2 definitions] |
| sprit |
a pole that extends diagonally from the base of a mast to the uppermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail. |
| trysail |
a small fore-and-aft sail, usu. hoisted when other sails have been lowered, that helps keep a vessel headed into the wind. |
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