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Meanings of gaff in English

Russian
гафель
Spanish
vela cangreja
Catalan
vela cangrea
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Ship element.

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          гафель
          Wikidata

          Sharp-hooked pole used to spear large fish.

                Usage of gaff in English
                1
                Figure 6 shows the way of rigging the gaff to the spar.
                The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                2
                If a vessel is under way, the flag flies from the gaff.
                The new yorker
                3
                Drake in Dublin review: In seconds, he goes from zero to wreck-the-gaff
                The Irish Times
                4
                Then, quick as thought, I belayed the windlass and lowered a gaff.
                Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870
                5
                Langdon, more phlegmatic of temperament, stood the gaff with less apparent friction.
                Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
                6
                Only the whole sail, gaff, boom and all, was not very large.
                Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's
                7
                If you'd only report a full one, we might gaff it aboard.
                The U-boat hunters
                8
                I get so dog-gone impatient with people that can't stand the gaff.
                Main Street
                9
                But you won't blow the gaff on the old girl, will you?
                Poison Island
                10
                See there, that bit o' red ensign run up to the gaff!
                Wandering Heath
                11
                If yez kin stand de gaff for nine days, ye're all right!
                The Machine
                12
                From without came the creaking of the gaff-jaw against the mast.
                The Night-Born
                13
                There is also mention of Foo Fighters for the latter gaff.
                The Irish Times
                14
                Get the trysail aft and bent, and lower down the gaff.
                Masterman Ready
                15
                That's the new TV-on-DVD addiction round at On The Record's gaff.
                The Irish Times
                16
                Well, here's Mike D's Malibu gaff, which your money has helped pay for.
                The Irish Times
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