gaff : Idioms & Phrases

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gaff topsail

  • noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    fore-and-aft topsail.
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gaff-headed sail

  • noun a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff
    gaffsail.
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gaff-topsail

Gaff`-top"sail noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
Webster 1913

Monkey gaff

  • (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea.
Webster 1913