to gaff

Examples

• All

• As the fish jumped out of the water, the deckhand prepared to gaff it quickly with a steady hand.

• I had two lines of pots, forty in all, and I'd nose in downwind, gear to neutral, and stand to gaff the floats.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The boy learned immediately how to gaff his fish behind the gills to avoid damaging the meat.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The captain and one of his teenage assistants gaffed it through its middle and levered it onto the boat.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Six feet should be enough to keep the swivel connection from interfering with the action of the lure, but short enough that when you get the leader to the rod tip, the fish is close enough to gaff.

  Blog text (18)

• The fisherman used a long pole to gaff the struggling fish and bring it aboard the boat.

Synonyms

H

to hook

vsto gaff

290 1.0

To fasten or attach something using a curved tool, for example to catch fish

uses a long pole with a curved end mainly for catching fish

Compounds

G

gaff topsail

• Specialized

9.9

A triangular sail set above the gaff with its bottom on the gaff and its front edge along the topmast

G

gaff-headed sail

• Specialized

9.9

A four-sided sail set along the boat with its top held by a sloping pole

How Forceful

to harpoon

4 6.6

to gaff

• Specialized

1 8.1

Surface Forms

Etymology