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GAFF TOPSAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
Synonyms:
fore-and-aft topsail; gaff topsail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gaff topsail" 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)
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