Antonyms for gaff

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : gaf

Phonetic Transcription : gæf

Definition of gaff

Origin : "iron hook," c.1300, gaffe, from Old French gaffe "boat hook" (see gaffe). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s.

As in lapse : noun mistake
As in arrest : noun taking into custody
As in slip : noun error, goof
As in apparatus : noun equipment with a purpose
As in arrest : verb take into authorized custody

Example sentences :

A mainsail carried by a gaff has two halyards, the throat and peak.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

In an hour and five minutes I brought him to gaff—a small fish.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

When Dan lunged with the gaff the tuna made a tremendous splash that deluged us.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

Billy,” the skipper ordered, “get forward with a gaff and keep him off.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

Used aboard yachts for bending on the gaff topsail halliards.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

I'll take the gaff rather than have it said about me that I've lain down on a job.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

The captain got his glass, and climbed up to the gaff of the foresail.
Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens

Only the whole sail, gaff, boom and all, was not very large.
Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's » by Laura Lee Hope

But like all so-called ladders, they could not stand the gaff.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall?
Extract from : « Golden Stars » by Henry Van Dyke

Synonyms for gaff

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