Definitions
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- noun a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff
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Examples
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Her foremast carried an immense lateen sail, her pole mainmast three square sails that could be dropped to the main deck for reefing, and her mizzen a gaffsail, with a square topsail above it.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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Her gaffsail boom was lengthened by a flagstaff, so that on festive occasions (and such it appeared Hadelin considered our departure to be) an overwrought banner could be hung over the water.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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