gaffer

Mane (Îngilîzî)

A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
A glassblower.
Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ɡæfɚ/

From gaff (“hook”) + -er. * (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps. * (glass):