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gaff (n.1)
[gaff 词源字典]
"iron hook," c. 1300,
gaffe
, from Old French
gaffe
"boat hook" (see
gaffe
). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s. As a type of spar from 1769. Related:
gaff-hook
.
[gaff etymology, gaff origin, 英语词源]