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taffrail

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taff·rail  (tfrl, -rl)
n. Nautical
1. The rail around the stern of a vessel.
2. The flat upper part of the stern of a vessel, made of wood and often richly carved.
[Alteration of tafferel, carved panel, from Dutch tafereel, panel for carving or painting, from Middle Dutch tafeleel, tafereel, from Old French tablel; see tableau.]
taffrail
Noun
Naut a rail at the back of a ship or boat [Dutch taffereel panel]
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Noun1.taffrailtaffrail - the railing around the stern of a ship
rail, railing - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports


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Now leaning on the netting of the forecastle, now on the taffrail, I devoured with eagerness the soft foam which whitened the sea as far as the eye could reach; and how often have I shared the emotion of the majority of the crew, when some capricious whale raised its black back above the waves
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
And as we stood near the taffrail side by side, my captain and I, looking at it, hardly discernible already, but still quite close-to on our quarter, he remarked in a meditative tone:
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
And as Ahab, leaning over the taffrail, eyed the homeward-bound craft, he took from his pocket a small vial of sand, and then looking from the ship to the vial, seemed thereby bringing two remote associations together, for that vial was filled with Nantucket soundings.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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