Gaff Topsail
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- fore-and-aft topsail
- plural
- Gaff Topsails
- possessive
- Gaff Topsail's
- pluralpossessive
- Gaff Topsails'