gaff-topsailn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gaff n.¹, topsail n.

Etymology: < gaff n.¹ + topsail n.In sense 2 with reference to the shape of the fish's dorsal fin.

1. ‘A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on the topmast, and the foot on the lower gaff’ (Adm. Smyth). Also attributive, as gaff-topsail-hook.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous member of

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > topsail > gaff jackyard topsails

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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 83 Over the head of the mainsail a gaff topsail.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. viii. 223 What a gaff-topsail she has got—my eye!

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage iv. 44 Taking in the Mainsail, gaff topsail.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 305 Gaff topsail Voile a corne.

1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 365/1 Gaff-topsail Hook, a mousing hook for a gaff topsail with rope sheet.

figurative.1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 8 Your mother..with..such a rakish gaff topsail bonnet, with pink pennants.

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2. U.S. ‘A kind of sea-catfish, Ælurichthys marinus’ (Cent. Dict.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	gaff-topsail
释义	gaff-topsailn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gaff n.¹, topsail n. Etymology: < gaff n.¹ + topsail n.In sense 2 with reference to the shape of the fish's dorsal fin. 1. ‘A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on the topmast, and the foot on the lower gaff’ (Adm. Smyth). Also attributive, as gaff-topsail-hook. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous member of sea-cat1601 gaff-topsail1794 mudpout1804 mudcat1819 blue cat1826 channel cat-fish1838 channel cat1847 sea-catfish1882 goujon1883 scorpion fish1883 bashaw1888 ground spearing1896 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > topsail > gaff jackyard topsails gaff-topsail1794 jackyard topsail1881 jackyarder1884 club-topsail1886 jib-header1899 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 83 Over the head of the mainsail a gaff topsail. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. viii. 223 What a gaff-topsail she has got—my eye! 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage iv. 44 Taking in the Mainsail, gaff topsail. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 305 Gaff topsail Voile a corne. 1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 365/1 Gaff-topsail Hook, a mousing hook for a gaff topsail with rope sheet. figurative.1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack ii. 8 Your mother..with..such a rakish gaff topsail bonnet, with pink pennants. Categories » 2. U.S. ‘A kind of sea-catfish, Ælurichthys marinus’ (Cent. Dict.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1794
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