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• Gaff rig — [cite web |url=http://www.frankhagan.com/weekender/gaffhaly.htm |title=The Gaff Rig Page |accessdate=2008 10 05] is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which the sail is four cornered, fore and aft rigged, controlled at its peak and,… …   Wikipedia

• gaff — Ⅰ. gaff [1] ► NOUN 1) a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish. 2) Sailing a spar to which the head of a fore and aft sail is bent. ► VERB ▪ seize or impale (a fish) with a gaff. ORIGIN Provençal gaf hook ; related to GAFFE …   English terms dictionary

• gaff — gaff1 [gaf] n. [ME gaffe < OFr < OProv gaf or Sp gafa < Goth gafah, a catch < ga , intens. + fahan, to catch, akin to FANG] 1. a large, strong hook on a pole, or a barbed spear, used in landing large fish 2. a) a sharp metal spur… …   English World dictionary

• Gaff Topsails, Newfoundland and Labrador — Gaff Topsails is an abandoned railway settlement located in the interior of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, between the communities of Millertown Junction to the east and Kitty s Brook to the west. The population was entirely composed of… …   Wikipedia

• Gaff — (g[a^]f), n. [OE. gaffe, F. gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. gaf, gafa hook; perh. akin to G. gabel fork, Skr. gabhasti. Cf. {Gaffle}, {Gable}.] 1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gaff topsail — gaff′ top′sail n. naut. navig. a jib headed fore and aft sail set above a gaff …   From formal English to slang

• fore-and-aftsail — fore and aft sail n. A sail set parallel with the keel of a vessel, having the foremost edge or luff attached to the mast with travelers and the upper edge set on a gaff or stay. * * * …   Universalium

• fore-and-aft sail — noun any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore and aft direction • Hypernyms: ↑sail, ↑canvas, ↑canvass, ↑sheet • Hyponyms: ↑gaffsail, ↑gaff headed sail, ↑gaff topsail, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• gaff topsail — noun a triangular fore and aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast • Syn: ↑fore and aft topsail • Hypernyms: ↑fore and aft sail * * * Naut. 1. Also called fore and aft topsail. a jib headed fore and aft sail set above a… …   Useful english dictionary

• gaff topsail — Naut. 1. Also called fore and aft topsail. a jib headed fore and aft sail set above a gaff. 2. a quadrilateral fore and aft sail set above the spanker of a bark, between the gaff of the spanker and an upper gaff. [1785 95] * * * …   Universalium

• Fore-and-aft rig — A fore and aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore and aft rigged.Fore and aft rigged sails include Staysails, Bermuda rigged… …   Wikipedia