a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish

a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent

a gaff-rigged cutter

seize or impale with a gaff

the whales are gaffed, speared, or knifed to death

rough treatment or criticism

if wages increase, perhaps we can stand the gaff

a house, flat, or other building, especially as being a person's home

Gav's new gaff is in McDonald Road