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Gaff meaning
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat. | A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe. | A trick or con.
Example sentences (20)
Gaff-rigged sloops have quadrilateral mainsails with a gaff (a small boom) at their upper edge (the "head" of the sail).
Gaff-rigged vessels may also have another sail, called a topsail, above the gaff.
Lateen sloops have triangular sails with the upper edge attached to a gaff, and the lower edge attached to the boom, and the boom and gaff are attached to each other via some type of hinge.
Director Ridley Scott’s 2007 final cut gives the most definitive answer by inserting a moment in which Deckard dreams of unicorns, implying that he and Gaff are both replicants who have had the image implanted in their minds.
Gaff, whose real name is Peter Willmot, has constructed a puzzle themed on the composer, including references to one of his famous works, and the name of the man himself hidden in the solution.
I wonder if “Rightway” was spray painted all over The Flying Dutchman’s gaff, it would be so amusing.
That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails.
The host Warriors took the lead in the bottom of the first and widened it from there as Woodlan rolled to an 11-0 victory over the Raiders behind the arm of Warrior pitcher Austin Gaff.
Better than gaff tape and a Sharpie, right?
He is survived by his wife, LaDonna; brother, Jeffrey (Faith) Hoehn; son, Kortoney Gaff; daughter, Heather Hoehn.
It's not just a question of whether she can stand the gaff.
West Coast veteran Andrew Gaff marked just inside 50m with about 30 seconds left - Allen picked up the scraps from his ensuing kick, snapping the winner.
Words that simply wouldn’t wash at my gaff.
You could sell the big gaff by the park as well.
Fighting roosters typically have a razor-sharp steel blade called a gaff attached to their legs, and the bird Lieutenant Bolok grabbed slashed him with one.
He had police protection around his gaff in Australia,” the 35-year-old said.
He never just gaff at public fora.
Image credits Karl Gaff.
Seven fighting roosters, two sets of gaff and 550 Philippine Peso (£8.75) were confiscated.
The game, won by a single point at the death by the Magpies, saw ruck behemoth Nic Naitanui overtake midfield teammate Andrew Gaff in the John Worsfold Medal count to claim his first club best and fairest with a best-on-ground performance.