Meaning

1 senses
  1. A topsail above the uppermost or only spanker.

    Gaffelsegel

    га́фельный па́русgáfelʹnyj párus

More definitions
  • a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
topsail:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
topsail:

Origin

From gaff + sail.

From gaff + sail.

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Forms

plural: gaffsails
Singulargaffsail
Pluralgaffsails

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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