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foregaffs

foregaffs is the plural of foregaff.

Meaning of foregaff

Noun

foregaff (plural foregaffs)

  1. The gaff (spar that controls a gaff-rigged sail) that controls a gaff-rigged foresail.
    • Schooner Gracie M. Filer lost foregaff in a blow on Lake Michigan.1880, United States. Army. Signal Corps, Annual Report (page 744)

Questions about foregaffs

What is foregaffs the plural of?
Foregaffs is the plural of foregaff.

Words near foregaffs in the dictionary

  1. forefronting
  2. forefronts
  3. forefruit
  4. forefruits
  5. foregaff
  6. foregaffs
  7. foregain
  8. foregainst
  9. foregame
  10. foregames
  11. foreganger

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