Noun:

কোঁচ, বর্শাবিশেষ, অর্থহীন কিছু,

gaff's Usage Examples:

called the gaff.

Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays.

The gaff enables a.

Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail.

called a "yard", but it is common for some to confuse it with a "gaff" (as in Gaff rig).

Gaff cutter with a gaff sail (the quadrilateral one below the gaff), two headsails, and a gaff topsail above the gaff.

Historical fore-and-aft rigs used a four-sided gaff rigged mainsail, sometimes setting a gaff topsail above it.

In fishing, a gaff is a pole with a sharp hook on the end that is used to stab a large fish and then lift the fish into the boat or onto shore.

Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner.

Gaff topsails, like gaff rigs in general, may still be seen at tall ships gatherings.

The gaff rig has been largely superseded.

foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast).

from that of a brigantine which has a gaff-rigged mainsail, while a brig has a square mainsail with an additional gaff-rigged spanker behind the mainsail.

Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer's tape, gaff tape or gaffa tape as well as spike tape for narrow, colored gaffer tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive.

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differs from the gaff rig, also fore-and-aft, whose sail is instead attached at the luff to the mast and is suspended from a spar (gaff), which is attached.

snow dates back to the late 17th century and originally had a loose-footed gaff sail; the boom was introduced somewhere in the 18th century.

of a gaff further from the mast, as opposed to the throat halyard which raises the end nearer to the mast.

Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged.

of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the end further from the mast.

Synonyms:

spike;

Antonyms:

decrease;