A sort of all-purpose tool carried by Newfoundland sealers, consisting of a light pole with a hook attached to one end. Used to club seals, but also to tow piles of pelts back to the ship, and to pull a man out if he fell through the ice.
Hmm...not sure why anyone else added this, but I had in mind "gaff" meaning the hook or spar of a sail, not the faux pas "gaffe."
I note some spell this gaffe.
A sort of all-purpose tool carried by Newfoundland sealers, consisting of a light pole with a hook attached to one end. Used to club seals, but also to tow piles of pelts back to the ship, and to pull a man out if he fell through the ice.
Hmm...not sure why anyone else added this, but I had in mind "gaff" meaning the hook or spar of a sail, not the faux pas "gaffe."
I note some spell this gaffe.