gaff in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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gaff in the PONS Dictionary

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gaff Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to blow the gaff Brit inf
descubrir el pastel
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Gaff rigged boats invariably have running backstays with no permanent backstay.
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The rigging, sails, gaffs, booms, bowsprit and rudder were missing, as was most of the copper sheathing.
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Masts, yards, booms, gaffs and battens are the most commonly encountered spars.
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At sea, it used to be that the ensign was flown from the mizzen gaff.
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He was particularly impressed with gaff-rigged schooners, which he felt represented a culmination of craft and technique for sailing vessels.
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The smaller smack retain the gaff cutter rig.
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The sail plan for the smaller sizes of transom sterned schooners was typically gaff rigged fore and main and one or sometimes two headsails.
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Gaff walks with a cane and a noticeable limp.
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The only wooden spars were the four royal yards, the four topgallant masts and the two gaffs of the spanker fore-and-aft sails.
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One of the easiest types to sail, but performs poorly to windward without gaff topsails.
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