#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

nef

[ nef ]

/ nɛf /

|

noun

a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.

Nearby words

Origin of nef

1680–90; < French: ship < Latin nāvis. See nave

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for nef

Two cup-bearers stand ready with wine and in a prominent position upon the board stands a nef.
Chantilly in History and Art|Louise M. Richter
Nephalism, nef′a-lizm, n. total abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Of all the ornaments of the table in medieval times the most conspicuous was probably the “nef.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7|Various
I was maker von vagons in Carlsruhe, und I nef'r gedt home again.
The Octopus|Frank Norris

There is a Nef introduced in the famous Nancy tapestry (fifteenth century) of precisely the same construction.
Chaucer for Children|Mrs. H. R. Haweis