fore and aft

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A cargo bike with sturdy fore-and-aft racks held cardboard boxes marked “Corey office” and “2 glass lanterns,” as well as a small bookcase.

From Washington Times

It opened into a saloon 20 feet by 7 feet, which in turn communicated with a fore-and-aft alley-way extending almost the extreme length of the fuselage.

From Project Gutenberg

Since then opportunities for fore-and-aft sailing had been few and far between.

From Project Gutenberg

Below these decks again came the inner bottom, extending fore-and-aft through about nine-tenths of the vessel's length, and on this were placed the boilers, main and auxiliary machinery, and the electric-light machines.

From Project Gutenberg

Goose′-winged, having only one clew set: in fore-and-aft rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the other, so as to sail wing-and-wing.—n.

From Project Gutenberg