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gaff·-topsail (gaf′täp′sāl′; naut., -səl)

noun

a topsail the lower edge of which is attached to a gaff

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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