Meaning of GAFF
| Pronunciation: | | gaf
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
- [n] a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | See Also: | | fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, hook, rig, sailing ship, sailing vessel, spar, tackle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Gaff\, 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 fishermen
in securing heavy fish.
2. (Naut.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a
fore-and-aft sail is extended.
3. Same as {Gaffle}, 1. --Wright.
\Gaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gaffing}.]
To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of
a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
|
|