Thesaurus: taffrail
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.
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- n. 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.
- n. the railing around the stern of a ship
- 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.]
- The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table onthe top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around aship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]
- n. the railing around the stern of a ship