gaff

gaff has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
• n.. The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
• n.. Same as Gaffle, 1.
• v. t.. To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
• n.. an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
• n.. a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
• n.. a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock