raffeen.

Brit.

/ˈrafiː/, U.S.

/ˈræfi/

Forms: 1800s raffeé, 1800s– raffee, 1900s– rafee, 1900s– raffie.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested regional variant of Hindi rāpī , rãpī instrument for scraping leather (compare the description in quot. 1880) < Prakrit ramphai, rappai scrapes.

Nautical.

In square-rigged vessels: a small sail set above the skysail.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > topsail > on foremast > of schooner

raffee1880

1880 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 2) 547/1 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.

1891 H. 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.

1922 Field 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.

1942 C. Crockett House in Rain Forest i. 18 The southeast trades filling our square-sail and raffee.

2001 Ships Monthly Mar. 36/3 The sail-plan is for three headsails and just two square yards on the foremast for course and single topsail, although a raffee can be set above the upper yard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	raffee
释义	raffeen. Brit. /ˈrafiː/, U.S. /ˈræfi/ Forms: 1800s raffeé, 1800s– raffee, 1900s– rafee, 1900s– raffie. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested regional variant of Hindi rāpī , rãpī instrument for scraping leather (compare the description in quot. 1880) < Prakrit ramphai, rappai scrapes. Nautical. In square-rigged vessels: a small sail set above the skysail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > topsail > on foremast > of schooner raffee1880 1880 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 2) 547/1 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. 1891 H. 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. 1922 Field 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. 1942 C. Crockett House in Rain Forest i. 18 The southeast trades filling our square-sail and raffee. 2001 Ships Monthly Mar. 36/3 The sail-plan is for three headsails and just two square yards on the foremast for course and single topsail, although a raffee can be set above the upper yard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880
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