1) An iron hook with a handle 2) Bad slip 3) Barbed spear 4) Big fishhook 5) Boat hook 6) Climbing hook 7) Climbing spur 8) Criticism 9) Equipment for a fisherman 10) Finish for a fish 11) Fish hook 12) Fish lander 13) Fish-grabbing hook 14) Fish-landing hook 15) Fish-landing pole 16) Fishhook with a handle
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1) Hook
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spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended
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spar on which head of fore-and-aft sail is extended
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Spar on the aft side of a mast supporting the head of a fore-and-aft sail.
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• (n.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. • (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon. • (n.) Same as Gaffle, 1. • (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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(from the article `fishing`) ...with material for the line led to the use of a gut string (mentioned by the diarist Samuel Pepys in 1667) and of a lute string (noted by Venables ...
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A spar in a gaff rig (four sided sails) to which the top side of the sailed is attached.
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1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish. ... 2. The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. ... 3. Same as Gaffle. ... Origin: OE. Gaffe, F. Gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. Gaf, gafa hook; perh. Akin to G. Gabel fork, Skr. Gabhast...
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Spar which supports the upper side sofa fore-and-aft four-sided sail. Also, long-handed hook to bring fish aboard.
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See gimmick.
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Item used to hook heavy fish when boat fishing. Not really used for North east coast fishing. The exception being the flying Gaff which is used for hooking and pulling heavy fish up cliffs like those at Bempton
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Gaff noun [ Middle English
gaffe , French
gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; confer Ir.
gaf ,
gafa hook; perhaps akin to German
gabel fork, Sanskrit
gabhasti . Confer
Gaffle ,
Gable .]
1. A barbed ...
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Gaff transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Gaffed ;
present participle & verbal noun Gaffing .] To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to
gaff a salmon.
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steel hook of varying sizes, mounted on a pole or stick, used for hooking and lifting into a boat a caught fish. NOTE: National byelaw for England and Wales. The use of a gaff is prohibited at all times when fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish or freshwater eels in England and Wales.
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a long, straight, wooden pole with a hook on the end that is used to catch buoys.
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In angling, a gaff is a stiff pole with a stout prong or hook attached used for landing large fish.
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A gaff is a ring used for cock-fighting.
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A gaff is a spar used in ships to extend the upper edge of fore-and-aft sails which are not set on stays. The fore-end of the gaff, where it embraces the mast, is termed the jaw, the outer end the peak. The jaw forms a semicircle, and is secured in its position by a jaw-rope passing round the mast.
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Gaff is slang for a place of residence.
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a free swinging spar attached to the top edge of a sail
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The spar that holds the upper edge of a sail. Also a long hook with a sharp point to haul fish in.
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noun an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
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A steel hook on a handle used for landing fish
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A spar attached to the mast and used to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
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