gaff-rigged

[ gaf-rigd ]

adjective

, Nautical.

1. (of a sailboat) having one or more gaff sails.

gaff-rigged

adjective

1. (of a sailing vessel) rigged with one or more gaffsails

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaff-rigged¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Six adults and two children were injured when the gaff-rigged schooner Elbe No 5, originally built in 1883, collided with a Cyprus-flagged vessel, Astrosprinter, on the River Elbe after a failed tack steered the sailing ship directly into the container ship’s path.

From The Guardian

My fellow passengers and I queue up in two lines of a dozen or so people each, on both sides of the boat, like contestants in a tug of war in which the opponent is the heavy gaff-rigged sail.

From Seattle Times

Even as the village’s rich maritime past has given way to fleets of expensive fiberglass powerboats, there was always the Annie, a portly wooden schooner with twin gaff-rigged masts and a green and yellow hull.

From New York Times

It was a sixty-foot gaff-rigged ketch with a wide beam—a real tub—but as I stood on deck it felt solid against the harbor chop.

From Literature

Jolie Brise, a gaff-rigged pilot cutter, is celebrating its 100th year with a vintage turn in the ocean race that made it famous in sailing circles.

From New York Times