taffrailn.
/ˈtafreɪl/, /ˈtafr(ᵻ)l/, U.S. /ˈtæfrəl/, /ˈtæˌfreɪl/ Nautical.
The aftermost portion of the poop-rail of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at stern or quarter
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > flat part > upper (ornamented) part of
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1814 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 176/2 We crossed his stern, our jib-boom passing over his tafrail.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 39 I stood on the taffrail as the ship was turned before the wind.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiii. 126 With her head for the equator, and Cape Horn over her taffrail, she went gloriously on.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 187 She dipped her stern right under, taking a sea in over the taffrail that filled the decks fore and aft.
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