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Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Gaffed :: Gaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaf.

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc..

Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

Peak :: Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..

Gammer :: Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man..

Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

Vang :: Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Gaff :: Gaff (n.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..

Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff..

Gaffing :: Gaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaf.

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