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Gaff topsail

noun
1.
A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast.  Synonym: fore-and-aft topsail.






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"Gaff topsail" Quotes from Famous Books



... clippers are fastest on the wind. We had also another advantage. The wind was light, and we spread more canvas than she did, having royals and sky-sails fore and aft, and ten studding-sails; while she, being an hermaphrodite brig, had only a gaff topsail, aft. Early in the morning she was overhauling us a little, but after the rain came on and the wind grew lighter, we began to leave her astern. All hands remained on deck throughout the day, and we got our arms in order; but we were too few to have done anything ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana



Words linked to "Gaff topsail" :   fore-and-aft topsail, fore-and-aft sail



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