gaff in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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to blow the gaff on sb
dénoncer qn
to blow the gaff Brit inf
vendre la mèche
to blow the gaff on sb/sth
dénoncer qn/qc
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The weight of the gaff spar high in the rigging can be undesirable.
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She was provided with two gaff-rigged masts, making her a schooner.
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The mainsail is ordinarily triangular, though gaff rigged examples were built.
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The smaller smack retain the gaff cutter rig.
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The only wooden spar was the gaff of the small spanker.
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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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From roughly 1875 to 1920, they were extended to make 80-foot gaff ketches, sometimes by the cut-and-shut procedure.
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Masts, yards, booms, gaffs and battens are the most commonly encountered spars.
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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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They were all pole masted cutters with gaff topsail.
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