gaff

• A stay for racing or cruising vessels used to steady the mast against the strain of the gaff
  稳定索，分隔索赛艇或巡逻艇上的支索，为防止斜桁的张力而用于稳定桅杆
• It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon and the sail that was furled around the mast
  孩子看见老人每天回来时船总是空的，感到很难受，他总是走下岸去，帮老人拿卷起的钓索，或者鱼钩和鱼叉，还有绕在桅杆上的帆。