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raffee|ræˈfiː|
Also raffeé.
[Of obscure origin.]
(See quots. 1880 and 1891.) Also attrib.
1880D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 2) 547 Raffee, the square topsail set flying on the foretopmast of schooners, and formerly often set on cutters and ketches above the squaresail. Sometimes this topsail is triangular in shape, like a scraper. 1891H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 144 Raffeé Rail, a sail in the shape of an equilateral triangle..which is sometimes set over the highest yard... This sail is common to English schooner yachts rigged to carry a squaresail, as the raffeé is set over the yard. 1922Field 8 July 59/1 A square sail and a raffee, or the topsail set over it, are such old-fashioned sails that many modern yachtsmen have never seen them. 1942C. Crockett House in Rain Forest i. 18 The southeast trades filling our square-sail and raffee. 1976Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 687/1 Raffee, another name for the sail in a square-rigged ship known as a moonraker, set only in light weather. |