| 单词 | gaff topsail |
| 释义 | gaff topsail (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY gaff topsail: gaff topsails USAGE EXAMPLESA belt of smoky red spread swiftly along the horizon, he heard the high gaff topsail flap, booms rattled and then the yacht got quiet. Bindloss, Harold, Wyndham's Pal(2012) "Has this sail been kept on the yacht all night?" said I, looking up at the wide spread of mainsail and gaff topsail. Russell, W. Clark (William Clark), A Marriage at Sea(2010) The sharp crack of a shot from the six-pounder was the reply, and simultaneously, holes appeared in the gaff topsail and the main topgallant staysail. Rolt-Wheeler, Francis, The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers(2010) n a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast Syn|Hyper fore-and-aft topsail fore-and-aft sail any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
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