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Gaff, английский
- A spar that supports the head of a four sided fore-and-aft sail.
- 1. gaff rig: the spar that holds the upper edge of a four-sided fore-and-aft mounted sail.
- On some boats, a spar along the top edge of a four sided fore and aft sail.
- Гафель
- A spar used in ships to extend the heads of fore-and-aft sails which are not set on stays. the foremost end of the gaff is termed the jaw, the outer part is called the peak. the jaw forms a semicircle, and is secured in its position by a jaw-rope passing round the mast; on it are strung several small wooden balls called trucks, to lessen the friction on the mast when the sail is hoisting or lowering.—to blow the gaff, said of the revealing a plot or giving convicting evidence.
- [1] a pole with a barbed tip, a boathook (from portuguese gafe). [2] a spar on the mainmast of a usn vessel from which the national ensign is flown. [3] a short spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. see also sailing rigs. gaff-rigged: refers to a fore-and-aft sail shaped like a truncated triangle, with its upper edge made fast to a gaff. the top of a gaff-rigged sail tends to twist away from the wind reducing its efficiency when close-hauled.
- A pole with a large hook at its end.
- A tool comprising a handle and a sharp hook for boating your catch. also a word describing the event of poking one through an inflatable fishing dinghy, when a landing net may have been a better choice.
- Инструмент, состоящий из рукоятки и острого крючка для ловли на лодке. также слово, описывающее случай, когда вы протыкаете надувную рыбацкую лодку, когда подсак мог быть лучшим выбором.
- Стальная шпора бойцового петуха
Gaff rig, английский
- Гафельная оснастка
- Гафельное вооружение
Gaff rigged, английский
A boat rigged with a four-sided fore-and-aft sail with its upper edge supported by a spar or gaff which extends aft from the mast.
Gaff topsail, английский
- A triangular sail set over a gaff.
- Топсель
Gaff vang, английский
A line rigged to the end of a gaff and used to adjust a gaff sail`s trim.
Gaffel, шведский
Gaffer, немецкий
Chief lighting technician.
Gaffer, английский
The chief electrician on a motion picture production, responsible, ideally, to the director of photography.
Gaffer, gaff, английский
Gaffer`s tape, gaffer tape, английский
Introduced by ross lowel in 1959 to support lowel-lights on vertical surfaces.
Gaffle, английский
A lever or stirrup for bending a cross-bow.
Off, английский
- If a wine is not showing its true character, or is flawed or spoiled in some way, it is said to be "off."
- Office
- The opposite to near. also applied to a ship sailing from the shore into the open sea. also, implies abreast of, or near, as “we were off cape finisterre.”—nothing off! the order to the helmsman not to suffer the ship to fall off from the wind.
- Offload/-ed cargo (crm)
Off, английский
Off, английский
Off and on, английский
- When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the other. also used to denote an undecided person. dodging off a port.
- Now in general use to mean occasionally, the expression was originally nautical to describe keeping close to the shore by sailing alternately away from (off ) and toward (on) it.
Off angles with the tape, английский
Разбивка углов мерной лентой; ~ out разбивка; раз- 327 laying метка; трассировка; ~ out a building разбивка здания
Off at a tangent, английский
Going in a hurry, or in a testy humour.
Off balance sheet, английский
Off board, английский
Off bottom, английский
Not touching the bottom or above the bottom of a borehole.
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Gaffer, gaff, английский
Gafarbawitz, английский
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