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Meanings of main gaff in English
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Usage of main gaff in English
1
The main gaff-topsail was next set, and the Josephine was then under full sail.
2
The last order was to set the main gaff-topsail; and then we had all sail on.
3
A blue-and-white ensign fluttered up to the main gaff of the schooner; a boat dropped into the water.
4
Levi soon found that the Caribbee was running away from him; but she carried a main gaff-topsail and a staysail.
5
When the ensign was hoisted to the main gaff, the onlookers knew that she did not belong to the merchant service.
6
Half an hour later we took in the fore topsail and the main gaff-topsail, so that nothing but our fore and aft sails remained.
7
The day following I was desperate, and I rafted together the foremast, the fore and main booms, and the fore and main gaffs.
8
"How d'ye do, Ole," Charley greeted a big blue-shirted Swede who was greasing the jaws of the main gaff with a piece of pork rind.