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Gaff rig

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gaffnounA tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
gaffingnounThe process of landing a fish with a gaff.
gaffsmannounAlternative form of gaffman. [An angler's assistant who uses a gaff (tool for landing large fish).]
gaffmannounAn angler's assistant who uses a gaff (tool for landing large fish).
ringsailnoun(nautical) A light sail set abaft and beyond the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail.
fancy linenoun(nautical) A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; used to haul it down.
clipnounSomething which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
fishing-smacknounA type of sailing vessel, commonly rigged fore and aft and having a hold for the catch.
riggernounOne whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
gammoningnounRope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.
hair rignoun(fishing) A piece of tackle allowing the bait to be linked to the hook by a thread rather than directly mounted on the hook.
foregangernoun(archaic, rare) One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
bargenoun(nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
sprit-sailnounAlternative form of spritsail. [(nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.]
fishnoun(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
spritsailnoun(nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.
drag sailnoun(nautical) A sea anchor.
gangingnounThe formation of a gang or clique.
giggernounA musician who performs gigs.
gurdynoun(nautical) A manual crank used on fishing lines

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