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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and aft" is correct and usable in written English, particularly in nautical contexts.
It can be used to refer to the rear or back part of a ship or boat, often in conjunction with "fore" which refers to the front.
Example: "The crew gathered on the deck, with some stationed at the bow and others at the stern, while the captain stood between them, overseeing the operations both fore and aft."
Alternatives: "and rear" or "and back".
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We loosened the lines forward and aft.
The second row slides fore and aft 4.7 inches.
Those big compartments fore and aft can handle it.
Not long ago, there was some kind of balance – a fore and aft, as it were.
Motor scooters zip about surmounted sometimes by entire families, with a child perched fore and aft.
(The driver's seat moves fore and aft; the passenger seat is bolted to the floor).
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V engines are usually mounted fore-and-aft, though they, too, can be installed crossways.
The prau is long and narrow, rigged with one or two fore-and-aft sails.
The movement of each leg is almost limited to a fore-and-aft plane.
Its articulation with the radius and ulna only permits fore-and-aft movement.
Schooner, a sailing ship rigged with fore-and-aft sails on its two or more masts.
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