fokka

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (nautical) jib triangular sail attached to the forestay of a sailboat, the clew of which reaches back about to the level of the mast

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish fock (jib).

Origin

Swedish

fock

Gloss

jib

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