SPANKER

Spanker

A spanker is either of two kinds of sail. On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the driver sail. Some also carry a topsail above the uppermost or only spanker, called the gaff sail. A spanker in this situation is often 'soft footed' in that it has no boom to which it is attached at its foot.

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spanker

Noun

  1. Someone who spanks.
  2. An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
  3. A fore and aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
  4. A musician who plays his instrument well.
  5. A small coin.
  6. One who takes long, quick strides in walking.
  7. A swift horse.
  8. Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper.


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