foregaff
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]foregaff (plural foregaffs)
- (nautical) The gaff (spar that controls a gaff-rigged sail) that controls a gaff-rigged foresail.
- 1880, United States. Army. Signal Corps, Annual Report (page 744)
- Schooner Gracie M. Filer lost foregaff in a blow on Lake Michigan.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
- The foresail went over with a bang, and the foregaff stabbed and ripped through the stay-sail, which, was of course, prevented from going over by the mainstay.
- 1880, United States. Army. Signal Corps, Annual Report (page 744)