Usage examples for gaff:

• The keen eyes, were dancing now- the big fish had fairly got the gaff "The Dop Doctor" – Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

• The main topmast was shot away, the shrouds were torn to threads, and the gaff of the fore- topsail was badly wounded. "Athelstane Ford" – Allen Upward

• " So you gave him the gaff eh? "Out of the Primitive" – Robert Ames Bennet