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- n. Nautical, a fore-and-aft sail which sets upon a gaff: in distinction from a staysail or a squaresail, which set respectively upon a stay and a yard. See cut under gaff.
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“The canvas they had found was cut into a gaff-sail, while the other spar served as the gaff.”
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