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GAFFSAIL

• GAFFSAIL (noun)
The noun GAFFSAIL has 1 sense:

1. a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff

Familiarity information: GAFFSAIL used as a noun is very rare.

• GAFFSAIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gaff-headed sail; gaffsail

Hypernyms ("gaffsail" is a kind of...):

fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)

Holonyms ("gaffsail" is a part of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

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