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Gaff topsail
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- A triangular sail set over a gaff.
- Топсель
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Топсель, русский
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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 off, английский
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 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.
Topsail, английский
- The second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. these may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of the sail below.
- The second sail above the deck on a square-rigger. pronounced tops’l.
Topsail schooner, английский
A schooner with one or more square-sails on its foremast.
Triangular, английский
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Catamaran, английский
A twin hulled boat.
Jib, английский
- A triangular sail mounted on a stay from the stem or bowsprit to the mast.
- A triangular staysail at the front of a ship.
- Кливер, переносить (парус), перекидываться
- Стаксель - косой парус, поднимаемый на переднем штаге и своим передним нижним углом (галсовым углом) закрепленный на палубе
- A large triangular sail, set on a stay, forward. it extends from the outer end of the jib-boom towards the fore top-mast head; in cutters and sloops it is on the bowsprit, and extends towards the lower mast-head. (see sail.) the jib is a sail of great command with any side wind, in turning her head to leeward. there are other jibs, as inner jib, standing-jib, flying-jib, spindle-jib, jib of jibs, jib-topsails, &c.—jib is also used for the expression of the face, as the cut of his jib. also, the arm of a crane.—to jib, is when, before the wind, the sail takes over to the opposite quarter; dangerous in strong breezes. (see gybing.)—clear away the jib! the order to loose it, preparatory to its being set.—flying-jib. a sail set upon the flying jib-boom.— middle or inner jib. a sail sometimes set on a stay secured to the middle of the jib-boom.
- A triangular headsail, hoisted between foremast and bowsprit. jib-boom: a spar extending the bowsprit of larger sailing vessels. jibber-kibber: wrecker’s term for walking a hobbled horse along the cliffs with a lantern on its back. at night the motion, resembling that of a ship’s light bobbing on waves, was intended to decoy vessels onto the rocks for plunder.
- A particularly small foot hold, usually only large enough for the big toe, sometimes relying heavily on friction to support weight.
- A triangular sail attached to the headstay. a jib that extends aft of the mast is known as a genoa.
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