Taffrail

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:40:33

Taff"rail (?), n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See Table.] Naut.

The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.

[Written also tafferel.]

 

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