foregaff

English edit

fore- +‎ gaff

foregaff (plural foregaffs)

Ship with both a foregaff and a gaff on the mainsail

(nautical) The gaff (spar that controls a gaff-rigged sail) that controls a gaff-rigged foresail.
- 1880, United States. Army. Signal Corps, Annual Report (page 744)
  Schooner Gracie M. Filer lost foregaff in a blow on Lake Michigan.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
  The foresail went over with a bang, and the foregaff stabbed and ripped through the stay-sail, which, was of course, prevented from going over by the mainstay.