gaffs >> ɡaf
Definition: [noun] a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish.
Definition: [noun] a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent.
Example: a gaff-rigged cutter
Definition: [verb] seize or impale with a gaff.
Example: the whales are gaffed, speared, or knifed to death