Usually means: Triangular sail above the gaff.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word gaff topsail:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. gaff-topsail: Merriam-Webster
  2. gaff-topsail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gaff-topsail, gaff-topsail: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gaff topsail: Vocabulary.com
  5. gaff-topsail: Wordnik
  6. gaff-topsail: Wiktionary
  7. gaff-topsail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gaff topsail: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Gaff-topsail, gaff-topsail, gaff topsail: Dictionary.com
  10. Gaff-topsail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. gaff-topsail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. gaff topsail: Rhymezone
  13. Gaff-topsail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. gaff-topsail, gaff topsail: FreeDictionary.org
  15. gaff-topsail: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. gaff topsail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. gaff-topsail, gaff topsail: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Gaff Topsail: Latitude Mexico
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gaff Topsail)

noun:  An abandoned railway settlement in central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The entire railway on Newfoundland was closed down in 1988.

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