- gaff-headed sail
- nouna quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff• Syn: ↑gaffsail• Hypernyms: ↑fore-and-aft sail• Part Holonyms: ↑sailing vessel, ↑sailing ship
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gaff-headed sail
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gaff-headed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: gaff (III) of a sail : having four sides with the head laced along a gaff compare jib headed … Useful english dictionary
gaff sail — Naut. See under gaff1 (def. 3). Also called gaff headed sail /gaf hed id/. * * * gaff sail noun A sail attached to the gaff • • • Main Entry: ↑gaff … Useful english dictionary
gaff sail — Naut. See under gaff1 (def. 3). Also called gaff headed sail /gaf hed id/. * * * … Universalium
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-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
sail — sailable, adj. sailless, adj. /sayl/, n. 1. an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to… … Universalium
jib-headed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: jib (I) of a sail : running up to a point at the head like a jib : triangular compare gaff headed … Useful english dictionary
fore-and-aft sail — any of various sails, as jib headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore and aft direction amidships. [1810 20] * * * ▪… … Universalium
